MoonDial

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MoonDial
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 26, 2024 (2024-07-26)
StudioHigh Rocks
Length61:25
Label
Producer Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Dream Box
(2023)
MoonDial
(2024)

MoonDial is a 2024 studio album released by jazz musician Pat Metheny. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny, except where noted.

MoonDial track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."MoonDial"  6:24
2."La Crosse"  4:48
3."You're Everything"Neville Potter Chick Corea 2:38
4."Here, There and Everywhere" John Lennon / Paul McCartney John Lennon / Paul McCartney 4:24
5."We Can't See It, But It's There"  2:59
6."Falcon Love"  7:14
7."Everything Happens to Me / Somewhere" Tom Adair / Stephen Sondheim Matt Dennis / Leonard Bernstein 7:12
8."Londonderry Air" Traditional5:03
9."This Belongs to You"  5:28
10."Shōga"  3:15
11."My Love and I" Johnny Mercer David Raskin3:51
12."Angel Eyes" Earl K. Brent Matt Dennis6:56
13."MoonDial (epilogue)"  1:13
Total length:61:25

Personnel

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References

  1. "Pat Metheny: MoonDial album review @ All About Jazz". July 12, 2024.
  2. https://www.jazzwax.com/2024/07/pat-metheny-moondial-2024.html
  3. "Pat Metheny announces new solo guitar album MoonDial for July release".
  4. https://www.npr.org/2024/08/04/nx-s1-5050869/on-moondial-guitarist-pat-metheny-embraces-the-power-of-improv
  5. https://glidemagazine.com/303217/pat-methenys-moondial-is-object-lesson-in-guitarists-fascination-with-possibility-album-review/#google_vignette
  6. ""I don't think I have ever done anything quite like this before": Pat Metheny on the mythology around improvisation, and how a reconfigured baritone guitar compelled him to discover a "another universe" on new solo album MoonDial". July 26, 2024.