As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

Infobox Album |
Name = As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Type = Album
Artist = Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays


Released = 1981
Recorded = September 1980
Genre = Fusion, Jazz
Length = 43:34
Label = ECM
Producer = Manfred Eicher
Reviews = *"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/patmetheny/albums/album/104763/review/5943332/as_falls_wichita_so_falls_wichita_falls link]
Last album =
This album = "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls"
(1981)
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"As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" is a collaborative album by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, released in 1981. The title makes reference to Wichita, Kansas and Wichita Falls, Texas. It is one of the only albums where Metheny not only acts as both the lead and accompanying guitarist but also the bassist, as each track uses fair amounts of overdubbing. The track "September Fifteenth" is in reference to September 15, 1980, the day the legendary American jazz pianist Bill Evans died. Metheny and Mays cite Evans as a main influence.

Track listing

All tracks by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays:

#"As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls"
#"Ozark"
#"September Fifteenth (Dedicated to Bill Evans)"
#"It's for You"
#"Estupenda Graca"

Personnel

*Pat Metheny - Guitars and Bass
*Lyle Mays - Piano, keyboards, organ, and synthesizers
*Nana Vasconcelos - Drums and Percussion

Charts

Album - Billboard

Trivia

The slight deviation of the name of the album is heard repeatedly as a line from the movie The Ice Harvest. The line in the movie is, "As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls," rather than, "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls."