UNC Jazz Press

(Leve IV) Excerpt from ‘The Way Up’, Part One is a guitar ensemble reading of the first theme (approximately the first six minutes) of Part One of The Pat Metheny Group’s 2005 epic ‘The Way Up’.  The lead guitar part takes on much of Pat’s role as melodic player and soloist, though guitars 2 and 3 sometimes play Pat’s overdubbed melodic parts.  There is a fairly long solo section with interesting modal changes, and everyone has strong roles in supporting and building around the soloist. Be careful not to let the ensemble build too quickly around the soloist!  This chart is good for students of the Metheny/Mays sound, and a favorite with audiences. (five electric guitars, electric bass, and drums)

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After seeing the Beatles lip-sync Hey Jude on The Ed Sullivan Show, KEVIN BRUNKHORST begged enough to get his first guitar for Christmas at age 9. Later, he took clarinet lessons and played in the school concert band. After high school, he attended the Uiversity of North Texas where he studied jazz guitar with Jack Petersen and earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition in 1987. He then worked for eight years in the music industry. In 2001, went back to the University of North Texas. He spent two years in the famous One O'Clock Lab Band which recorded two of his charts. He also directed the L-5 Electric Guitar Ensemble. Upon earning a Master of Music in Jazz Studies in 2004 from UNT, Kevin was hired by St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia where he teaches jazz guitar, arranging, composition and music technology as well as directing two guitar ensembles.