Marc Johnson - The Sound Of Summer Running (1998)

Tracklist

01 - Faith In You
02 - Ghost Town
03 - Summer Running
04 - With My Boots On
05 - Union Pacific
06 - Porch Swing
07 - Dingy-dong Day
08 - The Adventures Of Max And Ben
09 - In A Quiet Place
10 - For A Thousand Years

personnel :

Marc Johnson : bass
Bill Frisell : electric and acoustic guitars
Pat Metheny : electric and acoustic guitars, 43-string Pikasso guitar
Joey Baron : drums, tambourine.

With THE SOUND OF SUMMER RUNNING, bassist Marc Johnson has assembled a landmark quartet of such magnitude as to rival his legendary Bass Desires group of the mid '80s. Returning from that group is crafty guitar pioneer Bill Frisell. The two new additions are contemporary jazz guitar master Pat Metheny and the always adventurous percussionist Joey Baron. This list of musicians constitutes a "dream band" if there ever was one. Metheny and Frisell are locked in a beautiful dance as their signature sounds bob and weave around Johnson's deep foundation. Baron's stark percussive stabs and shimmering colors add just the right turmoil to the mix.