Orchestrion
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
RecordedOctober 2009
StudioMSR, New York City
GenreJazz
Length52:04
LabelNonesuch
ProducerPat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Quartet Live
(2009)
Orchestrion
(2010)
What's It All About
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
All About Jazz[2]

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

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

Charts

Year Chart Position
2010 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 3[3]
2010 Billboard 200 114[3]

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. Pat Metheny: Orchestrion > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. Kelman, John (19 January 2010). "Pat Metheny: Orchestrion". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Orchestrion - Pat Metheny". Allmusic. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
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