New Chautauqua

New Chautauqua
New Chautauqua
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released	March 1, 1979
Recorded	August 1978
Studio	Talent, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	38:28
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology

Last updated March 25, 2025

New Chautauqua is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in August 1978 and released on ECM in April 1979.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
DownBeat	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[8]

The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: "For all its delights, and they are considerable, Metheny's first solo venture is an exercise in arrangement and effect. As pure music, it drifts. The listener's attention does likewise."^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Chautauqua"	5:19
2.	"Country Poem"	2:34
3.	"Long-Ago Child/Fallen Star"	10:19

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Hermitage"	5:39
5.	"Sueño con Mexico"	5:59
6.	"Daybreak"	8:38

Personnel

Pat Metheny – electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	3
1979	Billboard Pop Albums^[10]	44

References

↑ "New Chautauqua".
↑ Brisbane, Arthur S. (28 Apr 1979). "Metheny's 'Chautauqua' Travels New Avenues of Pop". Kansas City Times. p. 9C.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "New Chautauqua - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
↑ DownBeat review, September 6, 1979, p. 36
↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
↑ Gilmore, Mikal (2011). "Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Bustard, C.A. (2 May 1979). "Revolutions Per Minute". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B6.
↑ "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

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[1] "New Chautauqua".

[2] Brisbane, Arthur S. (28 Apr 1979). "Metheny's 'Chautauqua' Travels New Avenues of Pop". Kansas City Times. p. 9C.

[3] Jurek, Thom. "New Chautauqua - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[4] DownBeat review, September 6, 1979, p. 36

[5] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[7] Gilmore, Mikal (2011). "Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[RSJRG-8] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[9] Bustard, C.A. (2 May 1979). "Revolutions Per Minute". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B6.

[10] "Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

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