80/81
Sign in to save80/81 is a double album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny recorded over four days in May 1980 and released on ECM later that year. Metheny leads a quartet consisting of the rhythm section of Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, with saxophone duties alternating between Dewey Redman and Michael Brecker.
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Key dates
- Published
- 1980
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- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- folk jazz
- Followed by
- As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls
- Follows
- American Garage
- Producer
- Manfred Eicher
- Performer
- Pat Metheny
- Record label
- ECM Records
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80/81 is a double album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny recorded over four days in May 1980 and released on ECM later that year. Metheny leads a quartet consisting of the rhythm section of Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette, with saxophone duties alternating between Dewey Redman and Michael Brecker.
== Background == Metheny toured in the U.S. in fall 1980 with a quartet including Redman, Haden and drummer Paul Motian. In the summer of 1981, he toured Europe with the full 80/81 lineup featured on the album.