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1997 studio album by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny
Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) is a
jazz album by the bassist
Charlie Haden and the guitarist
Pat Metheny . It won the Grammy Award for
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance .
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Composition
"Tears of Rain" is an original composition for this project by Metheny, recorded with his
sitar -guitar. In the CD booklet, Haden asserts (incorrectly) that Johnny Mandel's "The Moon Song" had never been recorded before.
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Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection.
[3]
AllMusic called it "a fine record when the material is happening, but a bit of a chore when it is not".
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Track listing
Personnel
Charlie Haden – double bass
Pat Metheny – acoustic guitars and all other instruments
Technical personnel
Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny – producers
Jean-Philippe Allard and
Daniel Richard – executive producers
Jay Newland – recording and mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering at
Sterling Sound , NYC, USA
Latifa Azhar and Janush Kawa – session photography
CB Graphic – design
Patrice Beausejour – art director
Awards
1997 – 40th Annual GRAMMY Awards
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References
Group albums
As leader
As group member/side man
Solo albums 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 )
Studio albums Live albums Liberation Music Orchestra albums
Old and New Dreams albums Quartet West albums Related articles