Pat Metheny Group - Dream Of The Return

The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz group founded in 1977 known for their consistently recognizable yet eclectic sound, fusing elements of new jazz, fusion, heartland folk, Latin and other international styles. The music ranges from highly refined melodic and rhythmic excursions to lyrical tone poems, to avant-garde textures, and much more.

Core members of the group are guitarist and leader Pat Metheny, keyboard player and pianist Lyle Mays, and bassist Steve Rodby, who joined in 1980. The group has had many additional personnel come and go over the years. Drummer Paul Wertico was a long lasting member of the group, whose tenure lasted from 1983 until 2001. The current members are Pat Metheny (guitars), Lyle Mays (piano and keyboards), Steve Rodby (double bass, electric bass), Antonio Sanchez (drums), Cuong Vu (trumpet), Grégoire Maret (harmonica, percussion, vocals) and Nando Lauria (guitar, percussion, vocals).

Founder Pat Metheny came onto the jazz fusion scene in the mid-1970s with a pair of solo albums; the latter of these, 1977s Watercolors, featured keyboard player Lyle Mays. Methenys follow-up album formalized this arrangement, featuring several songs co-written with Mays; the album was released as the self-titled Pat Metheny Group on the ECM record label. The second group album, American Garage (1980), was a breakout hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and crossing over onto the pop charts as well, largely on the strength of the up-tempo opening track (Cross the) Heartland which would become a signature tune for the group.


~LYRICS~

Spanish:

Al mar eché un poema
que llevó con él mis preguntas y mi voz
Como un lento barco se perdió en la espuma
Le pedí que no diera la vuelta
sin haber visto el altamar
y en sueños hablar conmigo de lo que vio
Aún si no volviera
yo sabría si llegó
Viajar la vida entera
por la calma azul o en tormentas zozobrar
poco importa el modo si algún puerto espera
Aguardé tanto tiempo el mensaje
que olvidé volver al mar
y así yo perdí aquel poema
Grité a los cielos todo mi rencor
Lo hallé por fin, pero escrito en la arena
como una oración
El mar golpeó en mis venas
y libró mi corazón

English:

I Tossed a poem to the sea
that took with it my questions and my voice
Like a slow ship it vanished
in the foam

I asked it not to turn back
without having seen the open sea
and in dreams telling me
of its visions

Even if it never returned
I would know if it arrived

Travel the whole life
on the blue calm
or foundering in storms
Little matters the way if some port awaits

I waited so long for the message
that I forgot returning to the sea
and thought the poem lost forever

I cried my rancor to the heavens
till I found it, finally, written in the sand
like a prayer

The sea beat in my veins
and set my heart free

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• fusion
• contemporary
• pedro
• aznar
• smooth
• ensemble
• instrumental
• guitar
• acoustic
• chillout
• easy
• listening
• lounge
• beautiful

[Hexagonmaster]

The lyrics is found in both spanish and english in the video information.

[Hexagonmaster]

This is to me the most beautiful song I've ever heard. And I hope you'll enjoy is as much as I do.

[MrGator57]

Been listening to Pat Metheny for 30 years and love the many changes in his music. But I always go back to this song and have said many times that it is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever enjoyed.

[Dario2570]

Hexagon I think so too , when begin the guitar of Pat I must cry every time

[gat189]

gat189 -thanks

[kike3333clips]

Pedro Aznar --- vocals! \\\\ Thanks for posting.

[hedenamusic]

good choise, great pat!

[imunchbutts]

I am glad I got to play this song in high school. It was really fun to play.

[ritinaify]

superba 

[simonmanda]

Gracias por ponerlo sin video-kitsch ---

[mrgone78]

this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written

[16Eboni2]

ilove this song so much its soo beautiful at 3:56 and the beginning lol