Product Details
- Starring: Pat Metheny Group
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 0014381058031
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- Format: Color, Live, NTSC
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- Label: Image Entertainment
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- Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Image Entertainment
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- Release Date: 2001-06-19
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- Studio: Image Entertainment
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- Theatrical Release Date: 2001-06-19
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- Title: Pat Metheny Group - We Live Here (Live in Japan)
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- UPC: 014381058031
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: Guitarist, composer, and bandleader Pat Metheny has done it all in the course of his career, and on his own terms. He's recorded in solo, duo, and trio formats and with groups of various sizes; he's composed film soundtracks, led bands with the likes of Ornette Coleman, made a variety of guest appearances, and toured all over the world. Yet it's with his own Pat Metheny Group, an outfit that he and keyboardist Lyle Mays began some 25 years ago, that he has made much of his arguably best and certainly most popular music. So it is, then, that any Metheny Group concert recording is a welcome addition to his catalog. That's certainly true in the case of this 1995 Japanese show, even though much of the material (five of 13 songs) on We Live Here is drawn from the album of that name, which was not one of the group's finest. At its best (as on Metheny "classics" like "First Circle" and "Minuano"), the Metheny Group's music isn't really jazz, or what's usually called fusion, or world music, but rather a fluid, distinctive blend of them all; it's improvised yet composed, often quite beautiful ("Farmer's Trust," "Antonia") but also frequently challenging ("Scrap Metal"). Metheny, Mays, and the five other members of the group are all superb players, and play is exactly what they do--this is a no-frills enterprise, with some brief musician interviews between tracks (plus superb Dolby 5.1 digital or stereo sound) but no bonus DVD features. That's no surprise. With Pat Metheny it's always been strictly about the music, and that's enough. --Sam Graham
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Customer Reviews
Good stuff for PM fans and first timers...
This is a good dvd of the classic PM band. But, the recording quality, or rather the mix, could be better. It's older footage and the quality shows. That said, this band kicked but and despite the footage of PM's face, you get a lot of finger action to steal stuff from the master. I wish there were more variety in the type of material chosen from the concert, a lot of it seems similar. But, all in all, this is a lot of fun. A good intro to PM's style.
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It's a great music
The music on this DVD is great!! but the disc not included 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. I'm disapointment.
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Beautiful Concert
Great selection of PMG songs and performance. "This is not America" gave me the chills. Worth buying
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Fantastic!
Simply put, this is a must have DVD for any Pat Metheny fan, incredible perfomance from top to bottom!
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Yes, I can live here too!
I love this DVD. Having listened for years to the CD's and not seen a lot of Metheny work on video, I was eager to see Pat and crew in action. To see whether studio album material could work live. Of course it does work and these guys are dedicated to the task. The video production uses a number of cameras to get in to the action, but is not over produced. The concert feel is preserved
The interviews between tracks are especially good for those new to the group, with a reminder of the vision for long term fans, but they are a little bothersome on subsequent plays (blessed be the skip button).
A stand out for me is "This is not America" when the vocalists get a real go at singing. That said the symbiotic connection between Pat and Lyle Mays and the rhythm section are the reason to sit in. If you like Pat Metheny at all, this is a must have.
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