Lyle Mays---Alaskan Suite-Ascent.

[@Elixear]

C'est merveilleux de lire tous les commentaires, nous sommes tous frappés de la même manière, et ceux qui l'écrivent veulent le partager avec les autres. Quel sentiment fabuleux d'unicité et d'universalité. Merci, humain(e)s !

[@RoeserFan1]

When this came out in '86, it was cutting edge stuff. It still is. RIP Lyle.

[@demetriusmota9613]

For me this is one of the ten most beautiful musical incursions in the history of modern jazz and this record, which I have on vinyl is a masterpiece of Jazz... Lyle is a genius and it's no wonder he paired it with another "point out of curve"...the genius Pat Metheny.

[@celinhavaz]

what a sound, what a soul, what a heart, arms, hands and fingers...love you always ,Lyle.

[@yodservant]

My mom heard Lyle for the first time last night at age 76, she looked over and said "That is pure Genius"...

[@fredfungalspore]

Your mum has good taste xx

[@yodservant]

@@fredfungalspore She does in fact, but she's not that familiar with jazz per se, she plays piano quite well but mostly classical and Broadway show tunes...bless from Paute Ecuador 🏵️

[@fredfungalspore]

@@yodservant Bless you from Australia.🙏

[@KuijperRob]

WoW really..when I was 26 in '87 my reaction was the same..a masterpiece overwins a lifetime!this artist just passed away!

[@Elixear]

C'est un sentiment fabuleux de se dire que tous les mélomanes de la planète sont frappés de la même manière à la première écoute d'un morceau de Lyle. Il avait cette force de pénétration des âmes et des coeurs dans tout ce qu'il composait. Depuis trente ans que je l'écoute lui, et que je regarde et entend toutes celles et ceux qui l'aimaient parler de sa musique ou la jouer, je ne me lasse pas de découvrir chaque jour d'autres êtres humains dotés eux aussi de la même chose que moi, cette capacité à ressentir purement et simplement la musique. C'est sans doute cela qu'on appelle "être touché par la grâce". Et le plus beau, c'est que ça s'applique à une quantité non finie d'artistes comme Lyle Mays qui ont vécu, vivent ou vont vivre sur cette Terre avec le même bagage émotionnel. C'est ce constat de notre unicité qui est le moteur de mon existence. Si nous sommes si nombreux à ressentir cela, alors il y a de l'espoir pour toute l'humanité, n'en déplaise à celles ou ceux qui en doutent encore. Votre mère est humaine, à l'évidence, et je suis heureux pour vous et pour elle.

[@oddities-whatnot]

This is simply incredible, words cant really justify this.

[@ugapelusa]

RIP Master Mays... Simply Amazing Beauty of Soul. Yesterday, my Son heard for first time Lyle's Music and His Eyes were looking at a point Where he Look when He's Surprised for something and said: "Now I really Want to Hear More of Him !" And He Stopped To Worry About my Grief and True Sadness. 66 YEARS OLD !!! Maybe There's People that Must Never Die...

[@Fulmer1000]

RIP Lyle Mays. I know he retired from music several years ago, but it feels like such a huge loss. He was only 66 and had given us so much beauty. Gone but not forgotten.

[@Edmouk]

Simply fantastic. Even after all these years, I can never get bored listening to this masterpiece.

[@DanielBarberMusic]

That's one of the things I've always found fascinating about May's music. Very rarely is it ever boring, even after gobs of listens.

[@michaelredd4642]

Oh my god 1986!!!!! I had this album, I played it over and over again., man I'm going back to the future.

[@lionelbellec8458]

...same...time is passing, ya?

[@mettamoose5074]

Ascent - to the higher realms, just like the maestro himself. RIP dear Lyle, your transcendent music has been the soundtrack to my life. Bought this album new in 86 - still have it. Crying nonstop since I found out, but equal tears of sadness as joy that this music will always be with us, to awaken us, to inspire us to be our best, most creative & most beautiful selves. Peace to all.

[@duanehammons8772]

Beautiful work simply beautiful

[@twiguydk]

This is epic stuff. And such a different style than the Mays-Metheny work of this period. More dynamic range, from "soft to hard" and back again. Plus, here's the 111th comment!

[@dannycahill8428]

These guys are in a spiritual level with there music! Amazing stuff!! Play this during Sunrise or Sunset and man, it is like you can just hear God saying , look at my awesome creation!!

[@HariKrishnan-wi4ls]

possibly the greatest guitar solo I have ever heard ... raw, expressive and lyrical

[@markyates8399]

I didn’t understand what this music was meant to signify until one day it hit me right between the eyes. Incredible piece performed by consummate musicians. I can almost imagine a soul traveling through space to reach it’s resting place. The guitar solo is like nothing else I have heard before or since, propelling the band to an incredible crescendo and then to the inevitable calm. Sumptuous, wonderful music that always moves me. RIP Lyle, a genius behind our capacity to understand.

[@Elixear]

En plus de la facture invraisemblable de la composition, Lyle s'était entouré d'une poignée des meilleurs musiciens de la planète, parmi ses amis de surcroît, pour interpréter cette pièce magistrale. Il est fort probable que personne d'autre que Bill Frisell n'eut pu la jouer avec autant de justesse et d'intensité émotionnelle.

[@pbach512]

Lyle Mays is a brilliant musician... Love the last 4 minutes...

[@joaocorreia3422]

Lovely. Discovered this CD 30 yrs ago and I cant get enough of it. Billy Drewes and Bill Frisell are amazing on this track.

[@user-zk1wi6ve5g]

No words can do justice to this piece. Just letting it bask in its brilliance.

[@TheOtto2003]

Capolavoro di incredibile bellezza...una delle ultime perle di un panorama musicale che vive ormai di ricordi.......grazie Lyal

[@shayranta230]

My favorite song when I first heard 29 yrs. ago...Now hearing it again and knowing who the artist is....you have eluded me Lyle Mays for many years! You were right there under my nose for decades!

[@MsMaizyDay]

Incredible! Lyle Mays is something else!

[@cthomashalversen8604]

Thank you, thank you, Lyle. SO powerful. I hope more people can get the self-titled "Lyle Mays" CD. It's a masterpiece I prefer even over some of my PMG CDs. Desert Island disc. Lyle's composing genius and performing touch and Bill Frisell - wow. I'm going to go put my CD on my studio monitors!

[@ravendusk100]

Que temazo, precioso, elegante, poderoso, woooooow puedo ver la creacion del cosmos si cierro los ojos,

[@claudiocabrera196]

desde este lugar nuevamente quiero agradecer a una persona que ya no esta entre nosotros llamada Mauricio quien me hizo escuchar a este grande de la musica...eternamente agradecido

[@russellreilly4278]

My favorite tune on the record.......incredibly powerful.

[@robertmoore7896]

Discovered this track 30 years ago on cassette. Will pass this onto my son.

[@crazyalcayne]

I can't stop listening to this one!! Amazing!!

[@Chris-cb4ig]

real addiction

[@MrGravito]

I can't stop listening to this one since 1986 ! 15 RÉPONDRE

[@MrFelice49]

REST IN PEACE... YOUR AMAZING MUSIC WILL MAKE YOU IMMORTAL..

[@eliecergonzalez977]

la mejor demostración de que la música nos lleva a otros lugares

[@RobertDeMiedo]

Que en paz descanse el entrañable Lyle Mays, un grande entre los grandes, larga vida al rey!

[@FedericoLuciani61]

R.I.P master. We miss you.

[@MusicaAnima11993]

Lyle playing in the heaven... angels suspend to listen to him. His notes are more than seven... He will be, even if, he has been.

[@Elixear]

C'est très beau. Bravo pour cette poésie. Et c'est un français qui vous le dit ;)

[@tes-uu9sf]

Sublime; definition of. Just can't turn it up loud enough!

[@andresa1963]

This is really superior stuff now.... ingenuity with pure talent.....and a crystal sense of compositional melody

[@acimbobby]

nothing stops this marching forward. It is so good

[@zadigx]

I usually don't get mad about Frisell, but his scream is sadly, moving epic. Mays melody and arrangement make of this a real immortal classic.

[@araguet]

Thank you very, very much to share this beatuful piece of music

[@twangbarfly]

Love Pat Metheny, I really do, and the PMG made some fantastic music, but Bill Frisell is an unassuming soundscape magician on Lyle's level. This album was a miraculous pairing of like-minded talents.

[@digikode5558]

Probably.... the greatest instrumental piece ever created. In any era.

[@tes-uu9sf]

!!!

[@brunoscherzo239]

Great composition! Beautiful, engaging, exciting. Thanks Lyle!

[@robertsigler8002]

I COULD LISTEN ALL FERGUN DAY...sooo sweet...

[@michelebravin2248]

Goh, I almost forgot that I got this album and seen Frisell live in concert ages ago ! Time flies...

[@orlandovargas9638]

QUE PIEZA ! COMO IMPACTA SU SONIDO

[@MrGravito]

toujours aussi...moderne et class aprés tant d'années! thanks Mister Mays!

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

I love everything Lyle has done in his career. This song is genius and the band is stellar, but what really makes it fly is Frisell's playing. The man has such great ideas and taste.

[@fredfungalspore]

Lyle May's is not of this earth🎵🎵🎵🎵🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@dominiquehoulmann6747]

Thanks a million 4 your generosity in the music life , just discover Alaskan suite...

[@abiolaadedeji1868]

First time I'm listening since he passed. Rest In Peace.

[@robertotroili126]

Veramente trascinante, lo puoi sentire cento volte di seguito senza annoiarti mai

[@albertobaudino1963]

In un istante....lasciandoci ;ogni momento minuto minuti della sua immensa unica intensa arte; Lyle Mays .🙏🙏🙏.in pace!

[@cosmolocus6545]

En cosas así soñaban los cientos de músicos de New Age, pero no pudieron llegar a ello. Es otra liga. Juego de armonías sublime y atemporal.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

So sad to hear of his passing... he was amazing.

[@petragaffney135]

Beautiful.

[@danobrien9925]

Bill's best guitar solo ever he says so much with not so many notes....

[@Elixear]

La partition de Lyle y est pour beaucoup. La richesse harmonique du piano et de l'orchestre était un boulevard pour Bill Frisell. Son talent a fait le reste, pour notre plus grand bonheur.

[@walter1962ful]

This is beautiful ..!!

[@alfonsocarlosescamillamare1291]

estupenda musica lyle un esquisito musico virtuoso

[@jonp4846]

2:46-3:01 That progression gives me goosebumps.

[@MikaEver]

Sublime morceau.. intemporel et aérien !

[@charlesnolan7602]

R I P LYLE MAYS February 10, 2020

[@JudeJaded15]

You can hear an exchange in Ascent: A storm clearing making it safe for flying; then renewal. #1 on my listening playlist in recent months. Ready to start anew.

[@johnbarbarotta790]

Stunning!

[@yodservant]

God speaks, yes, bless you Lyle

[@WileEdward]

sounds like the music of consciousness

[@luisbici9924]

Bill Frissel, Alex Acuña... Qué más?

[@61guitbox]

pure brilliance 🎹 💕

[@havardflatjordnetland8093]

Amazing!

[@glennjones2343]

I travel to other places with this musical gem!

[@sergiobulaciomiranda3404]

Thanks master. RIP.

[@TheDifferentDave]

Lyle Mays è un prodigio come nessun altro

[@enri6565]

Addio grande Lyle.

[@MrGravito]

ça fait bientot 30 ans que je le connais, que je l'écoute sans m'en lasser!d'ou ma question: de quelle planète vient-il?

[@robertobasato9968]

Brano eccezionalmente affascinante: capolavoro assoluto.

[@liverpoolhw]

5:45 just when you think that’s it!!Frissell guitar oh yea

[@aeroscout8409]

Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden (American Dream) stop me in my tracks, touches my soul.

[@ericdrucker7134]

Wish he would release some new material. Lyle where you at

[@nerolux2445]

Love it.

[@HenryWinehard]

Outstanding!

[@stuartdryer1352]

I needed this.

[@8406853]

Second part '' finale '' is absolute thriller.

[@gerrythrash]

Listen to this cut on a real good stereo system...and you'll hear the voice of God himself.

[@fredfungalspore]

He has a gift beyond the norm .

[@liverpoolhw]

yes Marco longo a classic!

[@kimberlyshaw604]

Nice!!

[@liverpoolhw]

1:44 the ascent starts.reaching the azimuth!

[@scottmcphee7714]

Etched in Beauty for Eternity!

[@MikaEver]

De la planète Vulcain. Meme regard glacé, mais un volcan dans le coeur... ;)

[@keithschwartzmusic9461]

Curious is that Lyle on the guitar on this, or someone else? I know from listening to Pat Metheny's interviews that Lyle was also a very good guitarist - but I've never seen him play.

[@robertocrudo1967]

Genius. Lyle will live for ever in our hearts. I want to let someone here, who might be interested, know that the bass line has been used for a beautiful (imho) song in 1999 by Basement Jaxx (I personally consider them the heirs of Prince), actually my preferred one of theirs: “Always Be There” (www.whosampled.com/Basement-Jaxx/Always-Be-There/)

[@alejandronetri4554]

beatifull

[@gherardotosi7995]

Magical...

[@rodneymavklin4427]

All i can say damn , it's been awhile.

[@8406853]

Second part is the real part,killing

[@sylwestersosniak220]

Piekne

[@liverpoolhw]

Frisell!!

[@roisangster1760]

........peace and strength at a juncture, travail life . F3

[@gregpeterson7849]

Lyle passed on Monday, 2/10/2020. He was 66.

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

I wish he'd dedicated this to Tesla "The Genius who brought us Electric Universe"

[@adkling6823]

Yes Amazing

[@paxwallacejazz]

This one's got teeth sometimes too airy and light for me but when he gets all vanilla it's better with the pan diatonic shifting

[@WileEdward]

Bill Frisell sounds

[@MikaEver]

Thx Robert!