Pat Metheny - "See The World" (Tonight Show with Jay Leno)

[@thecapetownjazzscene2485]

PAT''s music is not of this Earth ! He is an alien gracing us with his presence - Love this stuff

[@sonicmuse]

This is no joke, actually. His tour manager told me in private that Pat wasn’t “of this world,” and he kept saying, “You DO get what I’m saying, don’t you??” over and over again. Yeah, man, we get it, lol. 👽

[@pat557]

Man, that tempo was quick. I'm sure the TV producers were worried the song was too long for Tonight show attention spans so they asked Pat to rush it. Still Pat crushed the changes like the 🐐

[@fndngnvrlnd]

Hahaha so strange to see him on this silly show!!! Not his ecosystem!!!!

[@frednow]

This recording is running a little fast … speaking voices sound a bit “munchkinized”

[@alexlong3023]

Wayy too fast. I agree 1,000%. Not feeling it at all.

[@lukewarm4309]

Pat is a goat. You can tell he's doin exactly what he wants to do with his life. He inspired me as a musician, but also just as a person. He encouraged me to pursue my passions in music and beyond. Pat is the truth!

[@fndngnvrlnd]

Agree!!!

[@NeilRaouf]

Yeah man! Same here!

[@aartman01]

Do you mean the GOAT? He is not a four-legged animal.

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

@@aartman01 🤣

[@timesquare5473]

🐐

[@monacaravetta]

This whole album is magic.

[@jeffreycoy]

I think the album is a masterpiece but I don't believe the last song, the epilogue-y one "Not To Be Forgotten" really belongs. The album ends perfectly with the last note of "Tell Her You Saw Me," IMHO. I listened to this album 100+ times this summer on a boombox doing yardwork and I always stop the tape there. Perfection.

[@monacaravetta]

@@jeffreycoy it would be interesting to know why the tracks were chosen and ordered on the album.

[@paulquantumblues3599]

Did anyone else notice that at the end of the interview Jay asked him for his autograph? I have never seen jay ask anyone for their autograph!

[@Andrew-q8k]

You put the best of Montgomery Pass Hall Burrell together and you get Metheny 👍

[@jonathanmcdaniel1040]

I bet I'm not the only one that is sad that Pat didn't get the time to get a second tune in.

[@aoi_usagi]

The horn flourish is such a great payoff in the best Metheny tunes.

[@adammacmillan]

This is the first time pat played a Song under 6 minutes

[@jonathanmcdaniel1040]

He felt uncomfortable in a non-striped shirt.

[@silversurfer647]

😆😆😆😆😆

[@garyji]

What a gorgeous sound! I love how Pat responds "it's always what he wanted to do. No complaints." I've been a fan for 45 years. He's one of a kind for sure. Just amazing.

[@brucecaldwell6701]

The horns sound great in this version.

[@bevh4408]

Wow I wish I could have seen this episode…..they were lucky to have the likes of Pat Metheny grace their stage❤️

[@tiffanydouglas2686]

I absolutely loved this song so much!

[@jensmeyer-beeck9511]

Sick phrasing he's pulling off here. Made my day.

[@georgeacton7918]

What a master. His bar phrasing just flows along. Amazing track "See the World"

[@seantemme]

this is a cool recording with the full horn section!

[@geriquin2643]

Secret Story is a Masterpiece

[@gottadomor7438]

It is indeed.

[@pearldiver7]

Absolutely. Relistened to it recently, after a number of years on the shelf, and it still works and is still an amazing piece of work.

[@davazz9586]

Timeless brilliance

[@pearldiver7]

Thanks for posting. Pat has been so great for so long, it's always terrific to hear new performances. Favorite musician ever.

[@garymorrison1884]

Have been a PM fan since 1979. He always entertains.

[@mhl8837]

what a surprise! Pat and Jay Leno. unbelievable

[@ShelZahav]

This a complete other version than i have seen live in The Netherlands in the 90’s. Wow amazing. A pitty he has no group anymore. He made great records with the group.

[@guybettyrahem3937]

SANS AUCUNE DISCUSSION LE PLUS GRAND GÉNIE DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA MUSIQUE TOUT SIMPLEMENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guy

[@hermanblinkhoven1856]

From a galaxy near us, where music was played live, probably on very little rehearsal time

[@EnVizionThis]

Pat's playing the Gibson guitar he got at a garage sale when he was about 16 that being held together by duct tape in a few places. He still uses it to this day if I'm not mistaken.

[@shaalis]

It was retired as his guitar tech made th ecomment [to the effect] that it was falling apart]. He's now working with Ibanez to contiue his signature model with a new version that steps away from the humbucker pickups and into the Charlie Christian Wide ranged Single coil BAR magnet type in the neck. It hasn't been released yet but should be interesting when it does!

[@theponderingplumb9790]

Hard to think of anyone more spiritually connected to their instrument. Horowitz and his Steinway come to mind.

[@IvanaManzotti77]

Yeah he still uses, I saw his concert past yesterday in Frankfurt and i took a photo of this guitar, its the same☺️

[@santibanks]

@@shaalis Metheny has been developing with Ibanez since the 80ies. I think the first appearances of the Ibanez PM proto types were used on the Question & Answer record (you can also see a picture of it in the artwork). Secret Story has a mix of Ibanez and his Gibson. I think that shortly after that, he kind of retired the Gibson from touring and only uses it for studio purposes/at home (and perhaps that by now 30 years later it's just not used at all anymore). He used that black PM120 with the PMG for We live here/Quartet/Imaginary Day which had the two horns and also two pickups (but Pat still using only the neck). After that he got into that blonde PM model with the ebony tailpiece as you can hear on Speaking of now and the Way Up (along basically all his other records). The Charlie Christian pickup thing is something he got interested in. He had Daniel Slaman build him a custom guitar based around the CC thing when he was in Utrecht in 2014 with the Unity Band. From what I gather from the Slaman website, he's basically one of the real experts on this and excellent luthier (he even demos Pat's guitar). I have seen him play that Slaman with Ron Carter and with the quartet that's featured on From this place. It sounds brighter to me with a more woody tone as opposed to the sweet rolled off tone the ES-style ones give. So if you see a picture of him with such a guitar, it could actually be the Slaman and not the Ibanez. I think that around the pandemic, Ibanez then made a version of the PM based on this pickup, which is basically a clone of his Slaman. Because I suspect that Metheny still needed a few additional things including that microphone he has inside (you see that he has a larger cable going out and there is something in the second F-hole mounted) and probably didn't want to modify his Slaman (which would maybe also include actually drilling into the body etc.). I saw that one the last 2 years with the Side-eye project. It is unclear to me if Ibanez is going to release such a model. I kind of doubt it and assume this is a "one-off" for Metheny. He has a few one-off's from Ibanez, also including that soprano guitar you can hear on Letter from Home (the track). The Slaman is featured on his new Dreambox record I think along with a few other odd guitars from his collection. I think the Discog site lists which guitar is on which track.

[@georgevargas1737]

Wow, I would have never thought I'd see a young, up and coming Quentin Tarantino sit next Jazz great, Pat Metheny. And to think that Tarantino's directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs, was going to premier the next month of this episode shoot and establish him as an important Hollywood director for 90's cinema and onward. And as always, Pat has the flame to keep going and never get stale 20 years into his career(and present as well). This is solid TV programming that was still in touch with highly esteemed American artists from different disciplines and packaging all the greatness in one evening. I'd be hard pressed to see Kurt Rosenwinkle or Julian Lage even get a television spot today with Colbert/Batiste(imagine how neat that would be) with directors like Jordan Peele or Wes Anderson as special guests. I digress, but thanks for posting this gem!

[@ForYou2C]

Guest appearences on broadcast TV by musicians I loved were very dear to me even though they were not commonly appeciated by the vast majority of my friends. I did what I could to capture them and I'm glad I did. It warms my heart to learn that decades later so many of you out there continue to find enjoyment and appreciation for his unique talent and musical ingenuity. (28,000 views in just 3 years!)

[@JohnAckerman31]

I heard this on the weather channel way back in the day. Such an awesome song!

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

I saw him at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie. It was awesome!

[@lalaland2797]

Solid gold

[@annettescroggins3905]

Beautiful

[@ForYou2C]

Thank you!

[@rhythmnation15]

Thank you for posting this. Unlike the one oddball who doesn't recognize Metheny's genius, we truly appreciate it. I've never understood why he doesn't get (or give?) more appearances on "mainstream" radio and tv.

[@davazz9586]

He does not care - only cares about evolving as a musician

[@Williamkurk]

I'd hate to be the one who missed rehearsal for this slot! WHEWY, BURNING TEMPO!! The days of culture on late night TV!

[@MrJsbach123]

Damn that was tight!!!

[@dansullivan1246]

Frickin' awesome...

[@pramadyajaya]

The most favorite song from this album.

[@ChuckSilva]

Wow....what a find! Thanks for sharing this gem!!! ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎼

[@ForYou2C]

Glad you enjoyed it! I only wish I was able to capture it in better quality, but back then everything was 'over the air', and for me it was a VHS HiFi machine, so that's what I used.

[@litopatino]

Excellent !

[@sandrexca1]

There are two keyboardists playing, one I think is Gil Goldstein and the other looks like Jim Beard (RIP), but I am not sure. Thanks for this upload.

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

So glad you posted this. That was a great solo, maybe worth transcribing

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

One person thought they would actually be seeing the world.

[@Mr.S369]

Seems like another universe now. I saw 'Secret Story' live in Toronto back in the day.

[@ronwess]

This is one of my favorite 😍 Pat Metheny TraQs I’ve actually have remixed it, but I love Pat Metheny’s MusiQ one of my favorite jazz artists...Awesomeness!

[@sharonjones9769]

AWESOMENESS !!

[@Kang-B-and-The-Sipps77]

Genius 💯✊🏿❤️

[@MusicMike939]

I saw this on tv and it rocked my world. Always was a fan. But I became a mega fan after this. I didnt realize Steve Rodby was there. And maybe Gil Goldstein on keys?

[@gottadomor7438]

Wertico too. No Lyle tho unfortunately.

[@theponderingplumb9790]

Thanks for uploading; what a gift! And I want to shop at whatever thrift store he donated his shirts to!

[@ForYou2C]

You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it. And I loved your comment on his shirts. 😅 I also thought it was ironic about his parents at first thinking 'playing guitar represented all those things it did in the '60s, like people growing their hair long, etc.' Glad he didn't disappoint them! 🤣

[@lorenzobertone7753]

Thanks for posting!!! GREAT

[@ForYou2C]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@MisterWade74]

MacGyver says to Pat, "I like the way you use that toothbrush on your guitar to keep your cable from getting pulled on."

[@sucutash]

and Pat replied: Jack Dalton inspired me to write "Lone Jack."

[@Mattressinsptr]

Thanks for the video. Had never seen this before. Wonder where Lyle Mays was. Sounded great

[@ForYou2C]

Good question, since Steve Rodby and Paul Wertico are there.

[@sandrexca1]

there are two keyboardists, one I think is Gil Goldstein and the other looks like Jim Beard (RIP). Lyle had left the band by the time this was filmed.

[@timesquare5473]

@@sandrexca1 " Lyle had left the band by the time this was filmed"; Hardly; this was filmed 1992 according to the poster.

[@sharonalbright402]

Hey, thanks for digitizing this! It's wonderful! At the end, Jay Leno told Pat to "come back and we'll do it again" Do you have that show as well?!

[@ogumaxe3596]

Thanks for posting!

[@ForYou2C]

You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it. (I just wish it was better quality, but back then the best I could use for over-the-air TV was a VHS-HiFi VCR.)

[@ogumaxe3596]

@@ForYou2C Really great you took that effort.... As I'm 61 years of age, I remember recording the charts from the radio to my cassettte player, OMG THAT was poor quality! ;-)))

[@reh331]

I'm guessing your average TS viewer did not realize what they were seeing/hearing. And sadly, many probably didn't care that they didn't understand -hence the 'sorry we've run out of time...'

[@dleasman]

I wonder where Lyle Mays was? Most of the rest of the group is there.

[@edisonhamilton]

Secret Story was a Pat solo project. Lyle took the year off and didn't do the tour. (Lyle did play on the Record though)

[@dleasman]

@edisonhamilton That is absolutely correct. Love that album.

[@musoangelo]

Was Lyle there? Neither keyboard player seemed to be him.

[@kevvymac]

From 3:00 onwards is there another guitar playing a harmony line with Pat?

[@edisonhamilton]

yup. Torsten.

[@ponchocervantes]

The Old 175 wouldn’t be around much longer. Had such a bitchin’ tone…

[@jasonnstegall]

Undoubtedly Pat was asked to come on TTS by Branford, and I'm also sure Jay had no problem with it whatsoever. (Even if the network execs may have.)

[@ForYou2C]

Yeah, you're probably right. I just wish he could have had the time to get to 'the second song'. (I wonder which one it would have been?)

[@kenhoward3512]

Leno could not have been more poorly prepared for this brief, awkward, even embarrassing interview of such a creative, master musical artist as Pat Metheny (who was, nonetheless, gracious).

[@1fnfigi]

Ithis song , no album is a dreamers paradise

[@LOS_NEGRITOS]

what is Leno holding in the beggining? what's that format?? is that a huge tape case?

[@ForYou2C]

Back in the early days of CD packaging they often came in tall boxes. I'm guessing that was because most music stores were outfitted with display cases made for vinyl LPs, not CDs.

[@dlealvilla]

Sounds best at 0.95x or 0.9x speed

[@fndngnvrlnd]

Back when MSM had the balls to feature real music!!!!!!!

[@johnbutler4319]

Real music!!!!!!don't make me laugh, no lyrics, no tune, same as every other track he's ever made, music for plebs, audience like a waiting room in a Euthanasia clinic. Metheny must go away laughing his nuts off that he can make a living with this dross.

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

@@johnbutler4319 🤣

[@jjsc4396]

@@johnbutler4319 have to admit, that’s a pretty hilariously put. Subjective opinions are like bungholes though, everybody’s got one.

[@curteley274]

The worst PMG song is amazing.The others are even better

[@silversurfer647]

wow. too quick of a tempo. what the hell?

[@bonyplan]

alien

[@DearProfessorRF]

Musicians whose chops are not on par with this level of performance need not apply. Thank you.

[@davidr.derting8705]

Leno is the worst! Consonantly interrupting his guest.

[@giannidifrischia3374]

Think Jim Beard on keyboards