Question and Answer (album)

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Question and Answer
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Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedDecember 21, 1989
Studio Power Station, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length62:36
Label Geffen
Producer Gil Goldstein, Pat Metheny, David Oakes
Pat Metheny chronology
Letter from Home
(1989)
Question and Answer
(1990)
Secret Story
(1992)
Dave Holland chronology
Extensions
(1990)
Question and Answer
(1990)
Phase Space
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Question and Answer is an album by guitarist Pat Metheny with acoustic bassist Dave Holland and drummer Roy Haynes. [1] Metheny won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for "Change of Heart"

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Pat Metheny except where noted

Side one:
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Solar" Miles Davis 8:27
2."Question and Answer" 7:07
3."H&H" 6:51
4."Never Too Far Away" 5:52
5."Law Years" Ornette Coleman 6:51
Side two:
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Change of Heart" 6:14
2."All the Things You Are" Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern 8:26
3."Old Folks"Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison 6:38
4."Three Flights Up" 6:10

Personnel

Technical personnel

Charts

YearChartPosition
1990Billboard Top Jazz Albums3
1990Billboard 200154

Awards

Grammy Awards

YearsWinnerTitleCategory
1991Pat Metheny"Change of Heart" Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition

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References

  1. 1 2 McDonald, Steven (2011). "Question and Answer – Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 994. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.