1981 studio album by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls |
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Studio album by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays |
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Released | April 27, 1981 |
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Recorded | September 1980 |
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Studio | Talent Studio, Oslo, Norway |
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Genre | Jazz fusion |
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Length | 43:34 |
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Label | ECM 1190 |
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Producer | Manfred Eicher |
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Pat Metheny chronology |
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80/81 (1980) | As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981) | Offramp (1982) | |
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls is an album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and jazz pianist Lyle Mays recorded in September 1980 and released on ECM April the following year. The trio features percussionist Naná Vasconcelos.
Background
The title makes reference to Wichita, Kansas, and Wichita Falls, Texas. The title track is just under 21 minutes.
Throughout the album, Metheny acts as the lead guitarist, accompanying guitarist, and bassist using the overdubbing technique. The track "September Fifteenth" is in reference to September 15, 1980, the day the American jazz pianist Bill Evans died. Metheny and Mays cite Evans as a main influence. Both "September Fifteenth" and "It's for You" appear in the score for the 1985 film Fandango. "It's for You" was later covered by Akiko Yano, with Metheny on guitar, for her 1989 album, Welcome Back.
A section of the title track (starting at 14:56) has been used by Christian Dior for the Fahrenheit perfume and cologne ads since 1988.
Track listing
All music is composed by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
Side one:No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" | 20:44 |
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Side two:No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ozark" | 4:03 |
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2. | "September Fifteenth" (dedicated to Bill Evans) | 7:45 |
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3. | "'It's for You'" | 8:20 |
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4. | "Estupenda Graça" | 2:40 |
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Personnel
Charts
Year | Chart | Position |
1981 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 1 |
1981 | Billboard Pop Albums[7] | 50 |
References
- ^ Shewey, Don (2011). "Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Cook, Stephen (2011). "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls – Lyle Mays | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 995. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ DownBeat Review, October 1981, pp. 46-47
- ^ "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
Group albums | As leader | |
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As group member/side man | |
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Solo albums | |
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Collaborations | - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981, Mays)
- Song X (1986, Coleman)
- Electric Counterpoint (1989)
- I Can See Your House from Here (1994, Scofield)
- Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997, Haden)
- Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (1999, Hall)
- Upojenie (2002, Jopek)
- Metheny Mehldau (2006, Mehldau)
- Metheny Mehldau Quartet (2007, Mehldau)
- Tap:John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol. 20 (2013, Zorn)
- Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny (2016, Vu)
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