Orchestrion (album)

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Orchestrion
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Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released January 26, 2010
Recorded October, 2009
Genre Jazz
Length 52:04
Label Nonesuch
Producer Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Tokyo Day Trip
(2008)Tokyo Day Trip2008
Orchestrion
(2010)
What's It All About
(2011)What's It All About2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
All About Jazz [2]

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

Metheny's original orchestrionic instruments were custom-built by Eric Singer and LEMUR (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, keyboard.

Track listing

All music composed by Pat Metheny.

No. Title Length
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

Personnel

Charts

Album
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.
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