Letter from Home (album)

Letter from Home

Released

1989

Recorded

1989

Length

61:39

Still Life (Talking)
(1987)

Letter from Home
(1989)

The Road to You
(1993)

Still Life (Talking)
(1987)

Letter from Home
(1989)

Question and Answer
(1989)

Letter from Home is an album by Pat Metheny Group, released in 1989 by Geffen Records. It picks up where Still Life (Talking) leaves off, continuing to infuse Brazilian elements into jazz.

Track listing

All music composed by Pat Metheny, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Have You Heard"	6:25
2.	"Every Summer Night"	7:13
3.	"Better Days Ahead"	3:02
4.	"Spring Ain't Here"	6:55
5.	"45/8" (Metheny, Lyle Mays)	0:56
6.	"5-5-7" (Metheny, Mays)	7:54
7.	"Beat 70" (Metheny, Mays)	4:53
8.	"Dream of the Return" (Spanish lyrics by Pedro Aznar)	5:25
9.	"Are We There Yet" (Mays)	7:55
10.	"Vidala" (Aznar)	3:04
11.	"Slip Away"	5:24
12.	"Letter from Home"	2:33

The track 'Slip Away' was heavily sampled by House Music DJ Nick Holder on his track 'Summer Daze' (NRK 055) released in 2001.

Pat Metheny - Acoustic and Electric Guitars, 12 String Guitar, Soprano Guitars, Tiple, Guitar Synthesizers, Synclavier
Lyle Mays - Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Accordion, Trumpet, Synclavier
Steve Rodby – Acoustic and Electric Basses
Paul Wertico – Drums, Caja, Additional Percussion
Pedro Aznar – Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Marimba, Vibes, Tenor Sax, Charango, Melodica, Panpipe, Additional Percussion
Armando Marçal – Percussion

The album was recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York in Spring 1989.

Year	Winner	Category
1990	Pat Metheny Group	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

↑ Henderson, Alex (2011). "Letter from Home - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

Pat Metheny Group

Pat Metheny Lyle Mays Steve Rodby Antonio Sanchez Cuong Vu Grégoire Maret Nando Lauria Mark Egan Danny Gottlieb Naná Vasconcelos Pedro Aznar Paul Wertico Armando Marcal David Blamires Mark Ledford Luis Conte Richard Bona

Discography	Pat Metheny Group (1978) American Garage (1979) Offramp (1982) Travels (1983) First Circle (1984) The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Still Life (Talking) (1987) Letter from Home (1989) The Road to You (1993) We Live Here (1995) Quartet (1996) Imaginary Day (1997) Speaking of Now (2002) The Way Up (2005) Essential Collection Last Train Home (2015)

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