[Harp-L] Gregoire Maret with the Pat Metheny Group

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yesterday evening I was listening to NPR and heard a review of the 
latest album from the Pat Metheny Group.  I was a huge PMG fan many 
years ago, but my interest has waned as their sound became more 
formulaic and predictable.  To his credit, Metheny continually tries 
to infuse the groups music with new life through the addition of new 
personnel, and their latest effort takes this same approach with the 
inclusion of chromatic jazz artist Gregoire Maret.  

For anyone who attended the SPAH 2003 convention in Dallas, Maret 
was one of the featured performers, and put on an outstanding show, 
in my opinion.  Admittedly, it took me some time to warm up to what 
he was doing, which was a pretty far departure from even the more 
traditional jazz chromatic work of Mike Turk.  But by the end of his 
set I had come to understand and appreciate what he was doing.  

You can listen to Tom Moon's review of "The Way Up" by the Pat 
Metheny Group (featuring Gregoire Maret) at: 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4525823

-tim

Tim Moyer
Working Man's Harps
http://www.workingmansharps.com/