Bright Size Life

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Bright Size Life
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released 1976
Recorded December 1975
Genre Jazz
Length 37:06
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Professional reviews
Pat Metheny chronology
Jaco
(1974)
Bright Size Life
(1976)
Watercolors
(1977)

Bright Size Life is Pat Metheny's debut album, released in 1976. It is notable for the strength of Metheny's sidemen, as fellow fusion pioneer Jaco Pastorius was on bass along with drummer Bob Moses.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Pat Metheny unless noted:

  1. "Bright Size Life" – 4:45
  2. "Sirabhorn" – 5:29
  3. "Unity Village" – 3:40
  4. "Missouri Uncompromised" – 4:21
  5. "Midwestern Nights Dream" – 6:00
  6. "Unquity Road" – 3:35
  7. "Omaha Celebration" – 4:18
  8. "Round Trip/Broadway Blues" (Ornette Coleman) – 4:58

[edit] Personnel

  • Pat Metheny: 6-string guitar, electric 12-string guitar
  • Jaco Pastorius: fretless bass
  • Bob Moses: drums

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1976 Jazz Albums 28