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Title: A young man's jazz, fresh and joyous.
Review: I first heard this album (CDs were still a gleam in the eye of their inventor) soon after it first appeared in the late '70s, and became a rabid Pat Metheny fan because of it. More than two decades later, I feel Metheny has never surpassed it. He may have recorded more ambitious albums, but none of them have the sheer spontaneity and sweetness of this one. "Jaco," with its bouncy tune and Mark Egan's throbbing bass, is still my all-time favorite Metheny piece, while "San Lorenzo" and "Phase Dance" still sound like the musical backdrop for the best vacation you ever had.
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