Passengers

Guitarist PAT METHENY was a member of vibraphonist GARY BURTON's group from 1974~1976, but although he had recorded with GARY BURTON twice previously, both of those dates also included guitarist MICK GOODRICK. This particular set puts more of a focus on PAT METHENY in a quintet that also includes drummer DANNY GOTTLIEB and both STEVE SWALLOW and EBERHARD WEBER on basses. METHENY contributed three of the six selections, which are joined by a song apiece from Swallow, Weber, and Chick Corea («Sea Journey»). Although none of the individual songs caught on, the attractive sound of the post-bop unit and an opportunity to hear PAT METHENY in his formative period make this a CD reissue worth exploring.