As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
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| As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls | |
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| Studio album by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays | |
| Released | 1981 |
| Recorded | September 1980 |
| Genre | Fusion, Jazz |
| Length | 43:34 |
| Label | ECM |
| Producer | Manfred Eicher |
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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. The title tune clocks in at just under 21 minutes.
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.
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[edit] 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"
[edit] Personnel
- Pat Metheny - Guitars and Bass
- Lyle Mays - Piano, keyboards, organ, and synthesizers
- Nana Vasconcelos - Drums and Percussion
- Manfred Eicher - Producer
- Jan Erik Kongshaug - Engineer
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | Jazz Albums | 1 |
| 1981 | Pop Albums | 50 |
[edit] 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."
- In the anti-nuclear movie "Dark Circle", during the discussion of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant nuclear reactors' earthquake supports for the cooling system having been installed backwards, part of the song "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" plays. The song is also mentioned in the movie's ending credits.
- A track on the album was chosen in 1988 as a sound effect to a Fragrance TV-commercial (Fahrenheit by Christian Dior), which made it more recognizable to the audience as the Fahrenheit music track.
- The song "It's for you" was featured in the Kevin Reynolds film Fandango
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