Mark Ledford

Pat Metheny Group: Imaginary Day Live captures the band at a creative peak, turning the ambitious sound of the 1997 album whit the same name as the DVD into a vivid concert experience. Where Pat Metheny’s lyrical guitar lines moves between gentle beauty and explosive improvisation, while Lyle Mays adds harmonies, shimmering keyboards and dramatic shifts in mood. And Steve Rodby’s bass and Paul Wertico’s drumming gives the music both weight and flexibility. As they are supported by intricate percussion and atmospheric textures. So the performance moves easily from intimate reflective passages to complex, high-energy ensemble playing of their blending jazz, rock, world music and cinematic soundscapes.

Led by Pat Metheny--virtuoso guitarist, composer and producer--the eight member Pat Metheny Group perform their jazz fusion stylings live in Japan. Nominated for 23 Grammys in his career, Metheny and his group continue to push the envelope of jazz, leaving true believers in their wake. Tracks: Have You Heard, And Then I Knew, Here to Stay, First Circle, Scrap Metal, Farmer's Trust, Episode D'Azur, Third Wind, This Is Not America, Antonia, To the End of the World, Minuano (Six-Eight), Stranger in Town. 110 minutes.

Pat Metheny took his 1992 album Secret Story on a concert tour, and a video recording of a live performance at New Brunswick, New Jersey, was issued. This film, also called Secret Story, was re-released on DVD in 2001.