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Title: Odd man out
Review: I just don't get this album. It sounds tired. I've loved Pat's music ever since his late teens. Heck, his grandpa worked where I did--I used to get my Dodge serviced at his dad's dealership--I even lived in several locations he used for titles. I love his atonal stuff and his romantic stuff, his ersatz Dead, his work with Ornette and Gary Burton. But over the last few years, his composing has lost its freshness, its heart.. It is technically proficient--and his soloing has evolved in some ways. But the chord changes and musical phrases are overly familiar here. The form of the work is new, but the content is...well, it sounds like watered down Pat Metheny.
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