Letter from Home

Infobox Album |
Name = Letter from Home
Type = Album
Artist = Pat Metheny Group


Released = March 1989
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Fusion, Jazz
Length = 61:39
Label = Geffen
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:57rz28vr05oa link]
Last album = "Still Life (Talking)
(1987)
This album = "Letter from Home"

Next album = "The Road to You"

"Letter from Home" is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1989 by Geffen Records. It picks up where Still Life (Talking) leaves off, continuing to infuse Brazilian elements into light jazz.

Track listing

# "Have You Heard" (Pat Metheny) – 6:25
# "Every Summer Night" (Metheny; dedicated to the Montreal International Jazz Festival) – 7:13
# "Better Days Ahead" (Metheny) – 3:03
# "Spring Ain't Here" (Metheny; dedicated to and inspired by Stanley Turrentine) – 6:55
# "45/8" (Metheny, Lyle Mays) – 0:57
# "5-5-7" (Metheny, Mays) – 7:54
# "Beat 70" (Metheny, Mays) – 4:55
# "Dream of the Return" (Metheny; Spanish lyrics by Pedro Aznar) – 5:26
# "Are We There Yet" (Mays) – 7:55
# "Vidala" (Pedro Aznar) – 3:03
# "Slip Away" (Metheny) – 5:25
# "Letter from Home" (Metheny) – 2:33

Personnel

* Pat Metheny – acoustic & electric guitars, Synclavier, synthesizer
* Pedro Aznar – vocals, tenor saxophone, pipes, melodica, vibraphone, marimba, acoustic guitar, charango, percussion
* Lyle Mays – trumpet, piano, organ, keyboards, Synclavier
* Steve Rodby – acoustic bass & electric bass
* Paul Wertico – drums, percussion
* Armando Marcal – percussion

The album was recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York in 1989.

Awards

Grammy Awards