Pat Metheny - On Song X
ORNETTE AND SONG X – [:59]
NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT
Song X under
IN 1984, NEA JAZZ MASTER PAT METHENY PLAYED A FEW DATES WITH CHARLIE HADEN AND BILLY HIGGINS AT THE LEGENDARY VILLAGE VANGUARD. ONE NIGHT, JAZZ ICON ORNETTE COLEMAN SHOWED UP TO CATCH THEIR SET.
Pat Metheny: It’s funny when somebody really heavy comes to hear you. Sometimes it’s terrifying. Sometimes it’s exciting. When Ornette came, it was just inspiring. It was just like wow, Ornette’s here to check us out.
And he came two or three nights in a row to hear us when we were playing at the Vanguard, and we’d have these great raps afterwards, as only you could have with Ornette.
And Charlie, actually, was like, “We’ve got to do a record, man, all of us, you know?” And Ornette was like, “Yeah, let’s do it.” And we did … Song X.
“Song X composed by Ornette Coleman and performed by Metheny, Coleman, Haden, D. Coleman and Jack Dejohnette, from Song X, used courtesy of Nonesuch/WBR and used by permission of Phrase Text Music a/c Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing , ASCAP.
THIS JAZZ MOMENT WITH GUITARIST PAT METHENY WAS PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
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