''The Way Up'' is the eleventh and final studio album by the

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. It was released in 2005 and won the

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality ...

in 2006. It is the last

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progre ...

album to feature long-time collaborator

Lyle Mays Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awa ...

Background

The album consists of one 68-minute-long piece, split into four tracks. The album is a showcase for the band's ability in solo improvisation and dynamics. Swiss multi-instrumentalist Gregoire Maret joined the Group for the album's recording and tour, being showcased on the harmonica. As part of the album's promotional tour, the Group performed at the

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and a concert was recorded in South Korea and released on DVD.

Track listing

Personnel

– acoustic guitars, electric guitars,

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, slide guitar, toy guitar, producer *

– piano, keyboards, toy xylophone, producer * Steve Rodby – acoustic bass, electric bass, cello, violin, producer *

Cuong Vu Cuong Vu (born 19 September 1969) is a Vietnamese-American jazz trumpeter. In addition to his own work as a bandleader, Vu was a member of the Pat Metheny Group. Biography Born in Saigon on September 19, 1969, Vu immigrated to Seattle with his ...

– trumpet, voice, toy whistle *

Grégoire Maret Grégoire Maret (born May 13, 1975) is a jazz harmonica player. Background Maret studied at Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, then The New School in New York City. On March 13, 2012 Maret released his first album as a leader. He has worked wi ...

– harmonica * Antonio Sánchez – drums, toy xylophone Additional musicians *

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– percussion, voice, toy guitar *

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– percussion

Awards

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Video

Personnel

– guitars, guitar synthesizer *

– piano, keyboards * Steve Rodby – acoustic bass, electric bass *

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– drums, percussion, electric bass *

– trumpet, vocals, percussion, guitar, glockenspiel *

– harmonica, guitar, vocals, percussion, electric bass,

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Nando Lauria Nando Lauria (born 11 May 1960) is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. Biography At the age of seven, Lauria picked up the violao (Brazilian acoustic guitar). He was raised in a musical family where his older brother played electric guitar in a b ...

– guitar, vocals, percussion,

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, flugelhorn,

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, kalimba

Credits

*Running time: 91 minutes *Recorded live in

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, 2005 *Directed and edited by Steve Rodby *Produced by Pat Metheny *Executive producers – Ted Kurland and David Sholemson *Recorded by Pete Karam and

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*Mixed by Rob Eaton *An Eagle Eye Media release. Eagle Eye Media a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Way Up, The Pat Metheny albums 2005 albums Nonesuch Records albums Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album