Bright Size Life

Bright Size Life
Bright Size Life
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released	1976
Recorded	December 1975
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Genre	Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Americana
Length	37:06
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

Bright Size Life is Pat Metheny's debut album, released in 1976 on ECM, when Metheny was 21. The album features Jaco Pastorius on bass and Bob Moses on drums. In 2005, the first track was included on the Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar compilation on Columbia Records; in 2011, the first track was included on the Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology compilation, The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World.

Track listing

All music is composed by Pat Metheny, except where noted

Side one:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bright Size Life"	4:45
2.	"Sirabhorn"	5:29
3.	"Unity Village"	3:40
4.	"Missouri Uncompromised"	4:21

Side two:
No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

Pat Metheny – 6-and 12-string electric guitar
Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar
Bob Moses – drums

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Billboard Jazz Albums	28

References

^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Bright Size Life – Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[1] Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Bright Size Life – Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[3] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

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