One Quiet Night
After having played in either trios or mid-sized group in recent years, Metheny goes the solo acoustic route onOne Quiet Night. As the title implies, Metheny is in a contemplative mood, as he records a mix covers and old and new originals in his home studio. Playing his baritone guitar in a low country music tuning, Methany explores tonal shading throughout 12 relatively short tunes that are more impressionistic meditations than songs build around traditional jazz arrangements. TheNorah Joneshit "Don’t Know Why" is born anew, but the new original pieces point in a particularly fresh new vein for the great guitarist.--Tad Hendrickson