ROCK A RAMA
PAT METHENY & LYLE MAYS—As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (ECM):: The title track (and first side of this album) is mainly a feature for Mays synthesizer with guest rhythms by Nana Vasconcelos—pretentious, maybe, rambling, definitely, but it shore is purty.
ROCK A RAMA
PAT METHENY & LYLE MAYS—As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (ECM):: The title track (and first side of this album) is mainly a feature for Mays synthesizer with guest rhythms by Nana Vasconcelos—pretentious, maybe, rambling, definitely, but it shore is purty. The second side is more conventional Metheny stuff, which for some is some of the finest of individual guitar stylings amidst superior post-fusion concepts, for others tedious and bloodless excursions to the far side of precious. And for me, a distinct comedown from 80/81, but pleasant enough. R.C.W.
