First Circle (album)

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First Circle
Studio album by Pat Metheny Group
Released	1984
Recorded	15-19 February 1984
Genre	Jazz, Fusion
Length	49:54
Label	ECM
Producer	Vance Anderson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Pat Metheny Group chronology
Travels (1983) First Circle (1984) The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

First Circle is a Grammy Award winning album by the Pat Metheny Group released in 1984. On the album Pat Metheny is joined by Lyle Mays on piano and keyboards, Steve Rodby on bass guitar, drummer Paul Wertico and multi-instrumentalist Pedro Aznar. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1985.

Of note is the peculiar opener "Forward March". Sounding like a middle school concert band's first practice together, the piece, which features keyboardist Lyle Mays on trumpet, uses many dissonant, out-of-tune chords and notes, along with shifting time signatures.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Awards

[edit] Track listing

1. "Forward March" (Metheny) – 2:49
2. "Yolanda, You Learn" (Mays w/additional material by Metheny) – 4:49
3. "The First Circle" (Metheny, Mays) – 9:16
4. "If I Could" (Metheny; in memory of Wes Montgomery) – 7:01
5. "Tell It All" (Metheny, Mays; based on an idea by Metheny & Wertico) – 7:59
6. "End of the Game" (Metheny, Mays) – 8:02
7. "Más Allá (Beyond)" (Metheny; Spanish lyrics by Aznar) – 5:40
8. "Praise" (Metheny, Mays) – 4:18

[edit] Personnel

• Pat Metheny - Guitar, Sitar, 12 String Guitar, Guitar Synth, Classical Guitar, Synthesizer, Synclavier
• Lyle Mays - Piano, Organ, Synclavier, Keyboards, Trumpet, Synthesizer, Bells, Oberheim, Agogo
• Steve Rodby - Bass Guitar
• Paul Wertico - Drums
• Pedro Aznar - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Vocals, Whistle, Bells

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1984	The Billboard Top 100	102
1984	Top Jazz Albums	2

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1985	Pat Metheny Group	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

v • d • e Pat Metheny Group Pat Metheny | Lyle Mays | Steve Rodby | Antonio Sanchez | Cuong Vu | Grégoire Maret | Nando Lauria Former members Mark Egan | Dan Gottlieb | Nana Vasconcelos | Pedro Aznar | Paul Wertico | Armando Marcal | David Blamires | Mark Ledford | Luis Conte | Richard Bona Discography Pat Metheny Group | American Garage | Offramp | Travels | First Circle | The Falcon and the Snowman | Secret Story | Still Life (Talking) | Letter from Home | The Road to You | We Live Here | Quartet | Imaginary Day | Speaking of Now | The Way Up