New Chautauqua Explained

New Chautauqua
Type:	studio
Artist:	Pat Metheny
Cover:	New Chautauqua.jpg
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	August 1978
Studio:	Talent, Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Jazz fusion^[2]
Label:	ECM 1131
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Pat Metheny
Prev Title:	Pat Metheny Group
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	American Garage
Next Year:	1979

New Chautauqua is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in August 1978 and released on ECM in April 1979.

Critical reception

The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: "For all its delights, and they are considerable, Metheny's first solo venture is an exercise in arrangement and effect. As pure music, it drifts. The listener's attention does likewise."^[3]

Personnel

• Pat Metheny – electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	3
1979	Billboard Pop Albums^[4]	44

Notes and References

1. https://ecmrecords.com/product/new-chautauqua-pat-metheny/
2. News: Brisbane . Arthur S. . Metheny's 'Chautauqua' Travels New Avenues of Pop . Kansas City Times . 28 Apr 1979 . 9C.
3. News: Bustard . C.A. . Revolutions Per Minute . Richmond Times-Dispatch . 2 May 1979 . B6.
4. Web site: Pat Metheny Billboard 200 Chart History. December 4, 2023. Billboard . en-US.