Orchestrion (album)

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Orchestrion
Orchestrion.Pat.Metheny.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
RecordedOctober 2009
Studio MSR Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length52:04
Label Nonesuch
Producer Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Quartet Live
(2009)
Orchestrion
(2010)
What's It All About
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Tom Hull B+( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [3]

Orchestrion is a studio album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny that was released by Nonesuch Records on January 26, 2010.

Contents

Metheny's orchestrionics were built by Eric Singer and the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, Ken Caulkins at Ragtime West, Mark Herbert, Cyril Lance, and Peterson Electro-Musical Products. The set includes pianos, marimba, vibraphone, orchestra bells, basses, GuitarBots, percussion, cymbals and drums, blown bottles and other custom-fabricated, acoustic, mechanical instruments.

Track listing

All music is composed by Pat Metheny.

No.TitleLength
1."Orchestrion"15:48
2."Entry Point"10:28
3."Expansion"8:35
4."Soul Search"9:19
5."Spirit of the Air"7:45
Total length:52:04

Personnel

Technical personnel

Score

In 2011 the complete score was published. [4]

Charts

YearChartPosition
2010 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 3 [5]
2010 Billboard 200 114 [5]

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. Pat Metheny: Orchestrion > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. Kelman, John (January 19, 2010). "Pat Metheny: Orchestrion". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  3. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Pat Metheny". Tom Hull . Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  4. Pat Metheny: Orchestrion: The Complete Score by Hal Leonard Pub ISBN   978-1423476030
  5. 1 2 "Orchestrion - Pat Metheny". Allmusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.