I’m just glad that one day I will look back at my life and say, you know what, I sat in a concert hall with Lyle mays sat at the piano/ keyboards. One of the greatest honours of my life. Rest in peace brother, you are so missed😢.
Here's a little something you'll enjoy. I recorded this off the house desk at the Exit/In in 1978 when I was the staff mixer then. this is only an excerpt from a longer song that Pat announced as having no name at that point in time. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mmixXIcQZ2U.html
Found him through a very talented musician/friend also a composer/jazz pianist before he passed actually quite a few years ago but relatively late so glad! So sad when he died.
Lyle............Endless thanks for your presence, talent, skill sets, profound emotions, insights, imagination, and generosity in sharing your treasures with the world at large!!! Journey well!!!
This is a classic example why this art form will NEVER die or become outdated....as long as musicians like Lyle Mays are born and come along and lay down incredible stuff like this....I have been listening to Contemporary music for 75 years and stuff like this continues to blow my mind and make me get down on my knees and thank the GUY upstairs for allowing to still here examples of this beautiful idiom,,,,.....thank you Lyle Mays...during your stay on Planet Earth you have laid down a path for others to follow!!
While it may be a long and difficult journey, we must keep support for musical integrity alive. I will never ever stop enjoying music like this. Whether it's purchasing CDs/etc., attending any gigs that I can, spreading the word (either virtually or out on the street), this will not fade away into irrelevance! BTW, I recently received a bit of news that Lyle is working on some new things. I don't have much in the way of details, but I understand that it's due out sometime next year. Stay tuned!
Lyle Mays was an amazing pianist, keyboards player, composer, and his ability to blend in with a band but also solo equally well is just astounding to me. I am so happy to have discovered him in recent years, but was so sad he passed away relatively young. :-(
He was just one of the best of the best, any genre~discovered him at my older age of about 57 or so, along with Metheny (yeah in the 70s, 80s I was in music school and establishing myself as a teacher/pianist) but OH so much joy in my life with brilliant Lyle Mays! So sad when he passed~
Cuanta influencia de la música de Brasil entre tantos buenos músicos. Toman del Frevo, del Samba.......... ni hablar de los excelentes musicos de Brasil Una maravilla
This is my first time hearing this song from a complete, accurate metric perspective. On the album there are no drums, so its easy to lose where the downbeat is as Lyle's rhythmic figures shift. Beautiful and amazing still. Now with the drums marking the meter throughout, its easier to see where every accent and rhythm metrically sits. Makes me admire Lyle's talent even more. That has to be Mark Walker on the drums with his excellent Brazilian stylings.
Email' s Then I'm at advantage. I speak Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian and a little German! And your Spanish sucks. 😆 Portuguese has nothing to do with Spanish. I said: what are you laughing at? 🤷🏻♀️
I can remember the day that I bought the first Lyle Mays Solo Album. Actually it's on my computer table right now - I'm looking at it. Chrorinho is from Street Dreams and has always been one of my absolute favorite songs. When you consider all of the garbage music that has been made in the past 20 years, it breaks your heart doubly to think that Lyle Mays hasn't been recording very much in that same time.
The samba was certainly impled the this composition's title. And in the original recording, the samba rhythm seem to appear them fade repeatedly. Here with a group I sense a stronger and sustained samba feeling.
This gentleman Lyle Mays never ceases to amaze me. I love the back beat, Brazilian music has always been my favorite. It has such a smooth way of making one happy.
Só os gênios conseguem descobrir porque vieram ao mundo… é a tarefa humana mais difícil que há, saber exatamente qual a sua habilidade máxima para contribuir para a humanidade.
He's an amazing US jazz musician but this beautiful tune sounds like a genuine brasilian modern chorinho and Egbert Gismonti's soul is so present here. What a perfect chorinho that makes me happy. Music has no boarders.
Je viens de découvrir Lyle par hasard. Quelle élégance ! De belles harmonies et un joli phrasé. Merci. I've just discovered Lyle by chance. What an elegance ! Beautiful harmony and nice phrasing. Thanks.
This is one of the most amazing complex melodies that I've ever heard,it's breath-taking! One of my favorite pieces to listen to, Lyle is one of the greatest keyboardists I've seen, saw him quite a fewtimes with PMG. Really love his playing. Thanks for posting.
siento las malas noticias, el pat metheny group cambio mi vida y siempre su musica me ayudo, he visto a pat en muchas ocasiones en todos sus diferentes grupos pero la union con lyle mays es unica... escuchemos su musica y recordemos siempre lo afortunados que hemos sido de haberlos disfrutado, lyle , mil gracias
This piece has always reminded me of a difficult, but satisfying piano practice exercise! Never get tired of hearing the live or studio version of this Brasilian inflected tune.
SAMBA baby ! These musicians understand Samba . I've always felt this particular rhythmic architecture supports intelligent music so well . breathing singing swinging !
Lucky you, I've known Mays and Metheny for only four years now.With all the 'musical' crap that is produced here in Brazil, and by the mainstream media out there, true and talented musicians are completely drowned and mostly unheard of.
I have always enjoyed this tune. I was unaware that the drummer is Mark Walker. I met Mark at Oregon's concert at Ukiah High School, Ukiah, CA October of 2011. I wish Lyle would produce more cds of his own...they're GREAT!
I bought Lyle's 'Street Dreams' CD when it came out, this was my favorite piece on the album, I would listen to it over and over, one of his finest compositions in my opinion, the melody is one of the most complex jazz lines I've ever heard, and to hear this live rendition of it is really 'out of this world' virtuosity. Thank you for posting this incredible recording, really enjoyed it! (And perfectly played, not one mistake, unbelievable!)
E' semplicemente fantastico; il tema è bellissimo e lo siluppo dell'improvvisazione è perfetto.Il rirmo è avvolgente e poi ci sono alcuni richiami a progressioni settecentesche che danno un tocco indimenticabile.
this is off of Nice Dreams solo cd he did in the eighties, I got a copy in 85' and it freaked me out totally incredible and influential to this day in my work as a composer and jazz performer
eleva alto muy alto el espiritu durante la melodia.opino como rafa, que bien toca la musica de brazil , como seria si se atreve a tocar la musica venezolana? yo explotaria despues de llorar. gracias lays
