Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)

Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
Studio album by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny
Released	February 25, 1997 (1997-2-25)
Recorded	Dates before and April 15, 1996
Studio	Right Track, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:11
Label	Verve
Producer	Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny
Charlie Haden chronology
Now Is the Hour (1996) Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997) None but the Lonely Heart (1997)
Pat Metheny chronology
Quartet (1996) Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997) Imaginary Day (1997)

Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) is a jazz album by the bassist Charlie Haden and the guitarist Pat Metheny. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance. ^[1]

Composition

"Tears of Rain" is an original composition for this project by Metheny, recorded with his sitar-guitar. In the CD booklet, Haden writes that Johnny Mandel's "The Moon Song" had never been recorded before, unaware of pianist Fred Hersch's 1994 recording of this composition first released in 1996. ^{[2] [3]}

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection. ^[4] AllMusic called it "a fine record when the material is happening, but a bit of a chore when it is not". ^[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waltz for Ruth"	Charlie Haden	4:28
2.	"Our Spanish Love Song"	Charlie Haden	5:40
3.	"Message to a Friend"	Pat Metheny	6:13
4.	"Two for the Road"	Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse	5:16
5.	"First Song (for Ruth)"	Charlie Haden	6:37
6.	"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"	Jimmy Webb	4:05
7.	"The Precious Jewel"	Roy Acuff	3:47
8.	"He's Gone Away"	Traditional	4:18
9.	"The Moon Song"	Johnny Mandel	6:56
10.	"Tears of Rain"	Pat Metheny	5:30
11.	"Cinema Paradiso" (Love Theme)	Andrea Morricone	3:35
12.	"Cinema Paradiso" (Main Theme)	Ennio Morricone	4:24
13.	"Spiritual"	Josh Haden	8:22

Personnel

• Charlie Haden – double bass
• Pat Metheny – acoustic guitars and all other instruments

Technical personnel

• Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny – producers
• Jean-Philippe Allard, Daniel Richard – executive producers
• Jay Newland – recording, mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA
• Latifa Azhar, Janush Kawa – session photography
• CB Graphic – design
• Patrice Beausejour – art director

Awards

1997 – 40th Annual GRAMMY Awards ^[1]

Year	Category
1998	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance

References

1. "Past Winners Search". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
2. Charlie Haden; Pat Metheny (1997). Booklet: beyond the Missouri Sky (short stories).
3. Hersch, Fred (1996). I Never Told You: Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel (CD). Los Angeles: Varèse Sarabande Jazz. VSD-5547.
4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Charlie Haden". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 624. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Gioffre, D. AllMusic Review accessed April 3, 2012
6. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.