Pat Metheny and Gary Burton - Falling Grace

[@sgsoundvisuals]

I'm here binging , because of the new Rick Beato interview with Pat Metheny

[@martinokeefeliddard2745]

Me too. What a masterpiece.

[@SALAMO65]

Me too, stunning.

[@chrisbwhittle]

Me too

[@AirAttack6]

🤣yep

[@Roogbass]

Same here. Incredible

[@CrisFerrerYT]

so many amazing changes. what a great tune!

[@badstringstudio]

Gary's playing is insane.

[@jtc2112]

It’s mind blowing Mastery

[@denismguitar1552]

Yes. Exactly.

[@mikehenderson4898]

Methany’s isn’t so bad either!

[@ralphmunn1685]

These two guys (and many of the musicians they've played with) were and are almost incomprehensibly brilliant. What they've created as new parts of reality feel like a gift beyond measure.

[@evanboothe5649]

The world’s greatest vibraphonist and guitarist playing together is just legendary. It would be even cooler if Chick were there, too.

[@brianbryan1]

Exactly!!!

[@bellcanto5367]

And perhaps Steve Swallow

[@jazznutz]

I've palyed my whole life and can't even approach a tune like this with such freedom. It would take me multiple lifetimes. To me it's like one of the wonders of the world!

[@davidmcleod1760]

I have never seen anybody play the vibraphone that amazingly before, stunning playing, been brushing round the edge of the jazz scene for a while now but this has me hooked, I love the technicality, the musicality. Truly stunning music

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

I could listen to Metheny comp all day. Kills me..

[@fred8097]

The pedal point he does from 1:39 - 1:51 is awesome...

[@rifosi]

Two giants, without any doubt. Brilliant minds and elevated spirits.

[@frednow]

Gary is just tearing it up! What a master.

[@gilbertsatchell6866]

It is so rare to find 2 people with the same brain. They have always thought alike, such harmonies, such a joy to experience this. Thanks.

[@brianbryan1]

The answer is simple; Crystal Silence. When Manfred Eicher brought the two geniuses together for the first time in Rainbow Studio in Oslo, they discovered that they read each others thoughts!. The entire album was made in one day, most of the songs just one take. (And then they toured off and on for forty years. (Gary & Chick)

[@GaiaDanu]

The only thing worth living for - fills me with JOY to see such masterful Ease and Grace 🙇🏻‍♀️💖

[@m.r.2183]

Wow Gary was just a beast on the vibes and Pat provides a beautiful accompaniment and a great solo.

[@SynclavierMPDR]

The hole concert is with Dave Holland, Roy Haynes (you see the drums back), This is an Encore, at the final of conceret, Gary go up into Stage. Jazz Fest Berlin Germany 1990

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

The smile's about to break off of my face😅 Wow!!

[@richm3158]

Gary Burton changed the vibraphone with the advent of the 'Burton grip' and his 4 mallet concept. When I watch him play, I wonder how many hours did he spend by himself practicing and developing his method. It is truly astounding.

[@samuelmuniz8199]

Yeah!!

[@jibsmokestack1]

Adrian Rollin played 4mallets and Bobby Hutcherson did when comping, Gary did have his own unique style though.

[@michaelpotis2766]

Me as well, Serge. Thanks Rick for once again helping me explore and expand my music acumen.

[@sgsoundvisuals]

Rick totally let Pat talk his magic and intervened with pertinent, in the zone comments

[@enigmawyoming5201]

Metheny took me to new horizons back in the 80’s with “As Wichita Falls, so Falls Wichita Falls”. Rick Beato has broadened those horizons 40 years later.

[@sgsoundvisuals]

@@enigmawyoming5201 Same here, I left my home town in the mid-80' and the album Travels was my soundtrack

[@enigmawyoming5201]

@@sgsoundvisuals And “Wichita Falls etc.” was my main cassette tape when I drove from Texas to Alaska in the summer of 1985. That and a Dan Fogelberg tape. Pretty similar stories.

[@mongoharry7765]

Listen to this song 5,000 x. It'll make ya a better musician. 🎵🎶

[@stuartdryer1352]

I think I've liked almost every version of this tune ive ever heard, even my own bad ones. But especially when my heroes play it.

[@SeeCSeesCC]

Stuart Dryer and THIS is epic ❤️

[@kvnboudreaux]

Damn metheny hits all the right notes, everyone of them is just perfect

[@georgeslambert8065]

Un duo absolument grandiose ...... Merci

[@SrikanthIyerTheMariner]

c'est vrai mon ami

[@GaiaDanu]

C’est bien le mot! GRANDIOSE 💚

[@vhollund]

Pat is in the book of records for wearing the same shirt for 40 years

[@butchalano6802]

saw Gary Burton perform in Manila with a pick up local jazz band led by Tony Velarde...it was AWESOME

[@infidl]

Wow, two classic talents. One classic tune. Wish I'd been there.

[@vishnualcyone9170]

Jesus! He plays the vibes like a drumset!!!

[@alonsotoro7904]

Gary Burton nació siendo un monstruo y ha seguido siéndolo ininterrumpidamente hasta hoy, Pat Metheny es un gran músico, un mortal.

[@paul-singhgurth1599]

Just amazing and beautiful!

[@luigicannizzo2669]

" Very Special Sounds and Great Musician Player ". .. So' Good ... ☺😊😀/💙💙💙/👍👌👏👋

[@danielpincus221]

This is what genius sounds like.

[@markviman]

GB is a magician with those mallets

[@adgo22]

Gary Burton..the epitome of flow...

[@MaxFrankl]

Awesome Channel- I really enjoyed watching! Best wishes, Max

[@Geepereet]

+Max Frankl Thanks Max, its my pleasure to offer this all to those who appreciate or invent to. Best wishes to you.

[@Evertruth28]

Bravo Gary Burton great rendition. Metheny superb rhythm accompaniment and tasteful solo. Students of Mick Goodrick have always excelled in jazz and fusion.

[@JanLarsenFredriksen]

Such a great performance and this is only one of how many times? Anyway; Metheny was never a student of Mick. But of course, and as I'm sure you know, they played together in Burton's band and they have had a close connection ever since and played together many times during the years.

[@3340steve]

I always find it strange that Mick GOODRICK never gets mentioned in these things. When PAT came into Gary's band, Mick was the guitarist. It was gracious of Mick to recognize PAT was a talented newcomer and make space for him.

[@JeffyPieRocks]

Absolutely monstrous.

[@lucasbretels]

Great music! and performances,,,

[@jorgecicherofigliola2160]

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[@TheGlass50]

Amazing... Human ingenuity...Thanks for sharing

[@mikekaupa2949]

there ya go... Question: Hi Pat -- I have two questions (1) - I've seen PMG 5 times in the past 12 years -- on each occasion, you wore a striped shirt. Is there any reason behind the striped shirt phenomenon or is it just a personal preference? If the reason is related to superstitions, PLEASE PLEASE keep wearing the shirts -- every performance I've attended has been fantastic! Pat’s Answer: the honest answer is; apathy. apathy in this case towards style and fashion. i just don't care about it. to me, i wish there was a uniform, like a janitor's uniform or something for what we do. i do see being a musician as a service industry - not unlike refrigirator repair or something. for me, by wearing essentially the same thing all the time, which is something that isn't really ever in style or out of style, it is one less thing i have to think about, so i can think more about what i should be thinking about.

[@lightaces]

Mick Goodrick - who Pat knew very well -never learned to drive because he didn't want to waste brain capacity which could be used for guitar playing. Hey, to each his own, right?

[@mongoharry7765]

​@@lightacesWHAT a story. I often think about the fact that Metheny's success is probably based to a large extent on his willingness to sweat details that had nothing to do with music, like his stage show...ever notice that little move he makes with his arms in "phase dance"? To people far away in the audience, it looks like he is causing the sound to swirl out of his guitar by his arm movements...and then there's a pic ive seen if him in his early days when he was the band's "driver", criss crossing the US with his "Airstream" trailer 😎...What a committed guy.

[@chrismcdermott7766]

walked all over Metheny's solo

[@noahvale939]

Bill Evans and Eddie Gomez do a wonderful job on this terrific Steve Swallow tune (correctly identified by Musserman) as has Burton on other occasions. It is named right under the clip, after all. This version is exciting but a little too fast and awfully busy.

[@potaylo]

jazz = play it the way you want to. the way you feel it. two geniuses with a lot of history.

[@eleetse6701]

Genii right there

[@yahnferral9163]

Gary burton is an important musician.

[@SrikanthIyerTheMariner]

Sun rises in the east .. and water is wet

Fire is hot. Ice is cold.

[@Scinders]

Absolutely first class

[@mikemanne8112]

very nice.

[@kungkefa1964]

4 thumbs UP !! by 2 Great Musicians !

[@dualmp8]

soooooo good

[@maurizioverdinelli9400]

Gary & Pat wuao!

[@BluesLicks101]

Arrangement aside - I was impressed today with how similar this sounds in general modality melody and tempo to Pat's own song "Watercolors".

[@wgarlin688]

Pure magic

[@dariomulonia3480]

EHHHHH Beeeeee, non c'è niente per nessuno, l'unico musicista che ogni volta scopro qualche pattern nuovo, e veramente il virtuoso inarrivabile per eccellenza........,e purtroppo dobbiamo anke sopportare di non vederlo più esibirsi per il maledettissimo probblema all'udito, se il destino ha deciso questo si potrebbe anche accettare solo che si pensi quanta robba c perderemo, almeno io parlo per me bartoniano hamptoniano dalla nascita............,skerzo,cmq il destino è crudele e a volte ci priva dei geni delle nostre generazioni, come ad esempio accadde con Beethoven, questo vale in tutti i rami dell'arte in generale...........,GARY!!!!!!!!!Appoggerai anche tu l'orecchio al pavimento per sentire le vibrazioni del tuo tanto amatissiomo vibrafono???? Io personalmente spero di vedere ed ascoltare e suonare ancora quanto più possibile si possa fare, ah mi è venuta una stupenda idea, guagliò guardate che genio che sono, perchè non rapiamo a Gary Burton, e lo costringiamo a criogenarsi..............,ahhhhhh mannaia perchè non ci avevo pensato prima???????

I saw (HEARD) Gary and Pat in 1976 at a small college in New Hampshire in January, very cold and white everywhere outside. They pulled up in a Volkswagen Bus with Steve Swallow bug eyed, glued to the window. There were only about 30 of us in the audience. A fool was manning the spot light and directing the beam on the WRONG musician when another was soloing. Gary stopped abruptly and said, "I can't do this!" They were anxious to pack it up and leave. We pleaded with him. big time. He finally caved and they put on a stellar show. I can hear the yelling, "Sheldon get the fuck away from that light. Get down here!" he did. I was but 22 and only beginning to scratch the surface of "alternative" music. This band saved me from the pin headed disco scene, spineless pop and heavy metal. I had the good fortune of seeing Gary and Chick on a revolving stage about fifteen years later. I wore out a bunch of LPs and can still here friends and family, "Do you really like this?" No, I LOVE it. I remain grateful. The kicker is that Gary Burton does not have this concert on his career list of performances. I've always hoped to convey this memory with Mr. Burton. He probably has always wanted to forget it. I can only say, "THANK YOU!!!" #WWG1WGA

[@FLRds407]

If I could play jazz vibes like that......shit I wouldn't even need a job. I'd be content with life haha

[@jamesmunroe9532]

It's because virtuosity like this is commonly not regarded as a job that most virtuoso musicians get such shitty pay.

[@hullarama]

@Tim Watson Funny seeing you here.

[@sandormate998]

two Master

[@meridalemusicmachine]

wow!

[@markjones7185]

Heaven!

[@rl2905]

This is actually the only clip I've seen of Pat doing a more normal finger style comp behind a soloist, a la Jim Hall.

4:54 Pat plays "The Lick". Almost. :)

[@RudeBoy-hx1fn]

Gary Burton is such a fucking MONSTER.

[@job1778]

It’s like , what are they doing , it from a different world.

[@QueenOfTheBlueSky]

@Geepereet ...that's it! I was wondering where they learnt to play music of the spheres. :)

[@fred8097]

Check out Pat's pedal point at 1:39 - 1:51. Mega hip

[@ricardopavez5932]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Riedel777]

Great! 🙏

[@jazznutz]

Not only that I heard Pat say he practices this tune in all 12 keys!

[@manuelguariguata535]

God bless Steve Swallow

[@univibe23]

This music makes me want to tinkle.

[@brianbryan1]

When was this recorded? Must have been late seventies or early eighties?

[@Lanearndt]

nice shoes pat: ) yer the best!!

[@denismguitar1552]

Enough notes for about six great performances.

[@danielfreitas5384]

3:55 how's it possible that they play the same melodic line???

[@BazzTriton]

Good listening, Daniel Freitas

[@fleet4fingers]

Daniel Freitas that’s good melodic play off of the melody line. A good way to stay “within” the chord to be a jazz solo. Plus they have similar ideas on the way a jazz solo should be. They think similarly.

[@AndreasDelleske]

When you find nice vocabulary, you may as well keep it. They played together more than once and Gary liked Pat's riff I guess.

[@julienpecheur2213]

🤯🤯🤯

[@CarlosMurgueitio]

When I see Metheny play, I always wonder how it would feel to have a genius mind like his to play infinite things on the guitar. Same with Ben Monder.

[@jpdj2715]

Pat talks about that notion in Rick Beato's interview with him (1h47m kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3bKkp-ZfcRgmJY )

[@mpcoleman]

Also, check out this tune with Chick and Gary on Crystal Silence.

[@mongoharry]

Their disparite views on practicing blow me away. Burton says in his biography that he only practices to get ready for tours, and if I'm not mistaken, that anyone who does it more than a few hours a day is an "ass". Metheny talks about music being a "24-hour commitment" and told the Berklee grads in his famous commencement speech that he "really should be home practicing". I prefer Metheny's point of view. 🖤

[@SynclavierMPDR]

The name of this song is Falling Grace.

[@SynclavierMPDR]

No, this was at Germany jazz fest berlin 1990.

[@Tfunkize]

Burton is razer sharp - could also be a great drummer

[@mourotbaptiste2307]

Where could I find the entire concert?

[@Happy-Me.]

Cheers Beck19781 appreciated.

[@alexfattoruso]

Does anyone know where and when this was filmed?

[@brucemoeller]

Nice shirt....horizontal lines, and he provides the notes.

[@avatarist]

Awesome! The only thing that would make this better is to not read the critiques!

[@fabiobonetta5454]

How you find the courage to pick up the mallets after you witnessed this? Gary was too great for the instruments own good. He basically cleaned It up

[@VisualSOLUTIONSMedia]

How many chords per minute does Metheny play?!?

[@Acorparation]

As an amateur piano player it blows my mind how many options he seems to have with how much more limiting voicing is on guitar. Amazing!

[@Geepereet]

@lanerant Moonboots or at least from another planet?

[@Darekmusic]

what's the name of the song?? I have it probably on my digital piano casio

[@christiandunkelberger7380]

You play probably can not

[@christiandunkelberger7380]

Sorry i take it back. Thought you were trolling

[@StefanPaul5]

Great playing, would have enjoyed it more if Gary would layout a bit in his solo, and while comping for Pat for that matter.

[@davidlewis6762]

"Great playing, would have enjoyed it more if Gary weren't there"

[@BazzTriton]

Gary solo is beebop, man

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

Might have something to say about the tonality of their respective instruments.

[@076657]

BazzTriton not really. Even bebop has spaces of silence once in a while.

[@Ozoneum1]

"Besides being one of my heroes, Gary has also been one of my most important mentors, particularly in the area of what do you do when you improvise." - Pat Metheny "The thought of being in the Gary Burton quartet for me was a little bit like joining the Beatles."-- Pat Metheny

[@sihepton]

Ha me too

[@theunbrouwer2779]

I love Pat and Gary, but I miss Chick so much

[@Happy-Me.]

Whats the name of this piece?

[@MikeL-7]

Gary also does karate.

[@SrikanthIyerTheMariner]

What scale does pat metheny play? does he really play the guitar? ....because no one -- absolutely NO ONE sounds like him

[@Noejjkkkj]

Every diatonic, melodic, and harmonic minor scale. And then he really gets going!

[@SeanMCMLXVI]

that is just rediculous skill on the vibes

[@sonomabob]

What the heck!? How is the world?

[@somiberico]

" Invitation".

[@noahvale939]

Why so fast, guys? It's a beautiful piece, as I know from several other versions including from Burton & Corea. The beauty gets lost in the rush here.

[@hjordisrauker3233]

noahvale939 09

[@cesaregiuliani]

wonderful interpretation by both. however I think that Gary should be less invasive during Pat's solo, too many notes and he is so loud, sometime less is better

[@thierryverger6231]

Just great , one of my favorite Jazz Standard . but imho , it would'nt hurt to have less vibes notes during Pat's solo ...

[@JimPhilips]

Well, Gary's talents are mostly gone now due to thirty minutes of cardiac arrest. So, lay off.

[@fzarro9947]

@@JimPhilips Pretty irrelevant to Thierry’s comment. He’s entitled to his opinion and it’s a fair observation. Maybe the one who needs to “lay off” is you. 🤔

[@Ruvfua]

Precioso tema…pero sinceramente…más lento suena mejor…no hay más que bajarlo a 0,75…eso si …si nos invade el ego y lo que queremos es impresionar en vez de emocionar..pues adelante…

[@jamesmunroe9532]

"PMeth"? Does everyone have to be reduced to a first-name initial and a last-name first syllable? Is this what texting has reduced our cultural literacy to?

[@RudeBoy-hx1fn]

I thought it was kind of funny. Pmeth? It's just goofy.

[@DrRachelRApe]

stfu 95% of people couldn't even read or write 120 years ago you dumb POS.

[@jamesmunroe9532]

@@DrRachelRApe Here's to you for keeping the bar low.

[@eugenejoseph3419]

This is saying only one thing. We are two fellows entirely accomplished in playing our chosen instruments. The music has no spirit, no punch, is taking the listener nowhere in particular other than to be impressed. Thats not what its about for me. Take me somewhere, show me your heart and soul with what you are saying. This is a pow-wow to nowhere folks.