What's It All About (Pat Metheny album)

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What's It All About
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 14, 2011 (2011-06-14)
RecordedFebruary 2011
Studio Right Track, New York City
Genre Jazz, folk jazz, Americana
Length55:50
Label Nonesuch
Producer Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Orchestrion
(2010)
What's It All About
(2011)
Unity Band
(2012)
Professional ratings
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What's It All About is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, released by Nonesuch Records on June 14, 2011. It is Metheny's first album which does not include his own material. On February 12, 2012, What's It All About received a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Sound of Silence" Paul Simon 6:33
2."Cherish" Terry Kirkman 5:28
3."Alfie" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 7:46
4."Pipeline" Bob Spickard, Brian Carman3:28
5."Garota de Ipanema" Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes 5:12
6."Rainy Days and Mondays" Roger Nichols, Paul Williams 7:12
7."That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman 6:03
8."Slow Hot Wind" Henry Mancini, Norman Gimbel 4:28
9."Betcha by Golly, Wow" Thom Bell, Linda Creed 5:18
10."And I Love Her" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 4:22
Bonus track on LP and digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."'Round Midnight" Thelonious Monk 6:37
Bonus track on LP
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."This Nearly Was Mine" Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 4:29

Personnel

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 1
US Billboard 200 [3] 125

Awards

Grammy Awards

YearCategory
2012 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album

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