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1979 studio album by Pat Metheny
New Chautauqua
Studio album by Pat Metheny
ReleasedMarch 1, 1979 (1979-03-01)
RecordedAugust 1978
StudioTalent, Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz fusion
Length38:28
LabelECM 1131
ProducerManfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology
Pat Metheny Group
(1978) 		New Chautauqua
(1979) 		American Garage
(1979)

New Chautauqua is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in August 1978 and released on ECM in April 1979.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
DownBeat
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
Rolling Stone(mixed)
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: "For all its delights, and they are considerable, Metheny's first solo venture is an exercise in arrangement and effect. As pure music, it drifts. The listener's attention does likewise."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."New Chautauqua"5:19
2."Country Poem"2:34
3."Long-Ago Child/Fallen Star"10:19
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Hermitage"5:39
5."Sueño con Mexico"5:59
6."Daybreak"8:38

Personnel

  • Pat Metheny – electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass

Charts

Year Chart Position
1979 Billboard Jazz Albums 3
1979 Billboard Pop Albums 44

References

  1. "New Chautauqua".
  2. Brisbane, Arthur S. (28 Apr 1979). "Metheny's 'Chautauqua' Travels New Avenues of Pop". Kansas City Times. p. 9C.
  3. Gilmore, Mikal (2011). "Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. Jurek, Thom. "New Chautauqua - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  8. DownBeat review, September 6, 1979, p. 36
  9. Bustard, C.A. (2 May 1979). "Revolutions Per Minute". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B6.
  10. "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
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