<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/PatMetheny.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 89px; HEIGHT: 125px" alt=[patEHX] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/patEHX_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>The Pat Metheny Group provided a spectacular performance at Ruth Eckerd Hall in </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1
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lace><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> that was just short of three hours. This is something fans have come to expect and appreciate. Overall the show was great. Two chord bubble gum smooth jazz it isn’t. Instead, it is a kind of music that doesn’t quite fit into the Jazz, Rock or New Age genre but defines its own. It’s experimental to say the least, but its roots are classic jazz and the musical talent is without peer. In a society driven by 3 minute pop songs, fast food and shady politics; it is nice to know there is an escape from it all.<SPAN></P>
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