goin' ahead

favourite tune time again on the indulgent blog thing
today spent working in an environment that is on the wane
a warehouse full of cds waiting to be shipped out
the old way of delivering music - i.e. packaged
the presentation and artwork given due diligence
a means to encompass a set of tunes in a tangible manner
in this case row upon row of cds from the eclectic ecm label
a german record label of exquisite music of the jazz genre
home at some point at least to the finest musicians known to man
not the least being supreme american jazz guitarist pat metheny
an introduction to this man's music in itself a memorable event
a good friend in the 1980's turning my ears away from 80's new age
and an awakening to the world of musical possibilities beyond that
an album by pat metheny titled 80/81 then and now still on high rotation
if push comes to shove and there's only one album on the desert island
then this would probably be it - but ideally there's 3 i would prefer
80/81 to these ears is that which is easily felt but hard to explain
a collection of tunes of richness, emotion and the highest standard
dewey redman on a beautiful, sumptuous, deep and enticing sax
jack de johnette playing drums and percussion so expressively
charlie haden on double bass and as required anchoring things
michael brecker (rip) providing alernative standout sax sounds
pat metheny himself joining in with a beautiful acoustic guitar
or...on just one track playing solo and nailing it perfectly
goin' ahead - a 3-4 minute solo guitar tune of total bliss
i reckon i've listened to this track alone many hundreds of times
mostly with headphones on while walking the streets of big cities
an anchor point in a life with not too many of those at all
a reminder that it really is simple pleasures that mean the most
or that 3 minutes of exquisite music can enduce serious mood swings
in this case most likely to calm things down significantly
and on the not too rare occasion bring on a tear or two
a bit weird really that one can be so moved by the familiar
but that's the power of music inside this head at times
a search on youtube reveals various other fans of this tune
mostly less accomplished guitarists playing it very capably
i'm not even sure of the technical difficulty of the tune
a simple start and end surrounding some quite incredible playing
the clip below in fact is just a single appropriate photograph
suggesting the beginning to - or continuation of - a journey
you know - life stuff - that which we are all on
in my case accompanied by some essential music
this one goin' with me the full distance