Lyle Mays (album)

Lyle Mays
Studio album by Lyle Mays
Released 1986
Recorded 1985
The Power Station, New York City
Genre Fusion, Jazz
Length 48:20
Label Geffen
GED24097
Producer Lyle Mays and Steven Cantor
Lyle Mays chronology
Lyle Mays
(1986)		 Street Dreams
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Lyle Mays is the first solo album by Pat Metheny Group keyboardist Lyle Mays, self-titled, and released in 1986. The album was recorded at The Power Station in New York City in 1985. The album has had re-releases in 1993, 1998, and in digital format in 2010.

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awards the album 4.5 stars and states:

Lyle Mays waited a long, long time before straying from the Pat Metheny Group to issue his first solo album, but when he did, the results were at once removed but not totally untethered to the Metheny sound and feeling. On his own, Mays' synthesizer solos and textures are close in sound to what he was doing in the Metheny group, but the turns of phrases in his acoustic piano solos reflect the heavy shadow of Keith Jarrett... Although the 14-minute "Alaskan Suite" forms the centerpiece of the LP's side two, the entire side could be considered a suite as a whole, with a ruminative piano solo "Mirror of the Heart" preceding "Alaskan Suite," and "Close to Home" reprising the twinkling, burbling shafts of synthesizer of "Alaskan Suite"'s opening.[1]

Track listing

All music composed by Lyle Mays.

Side I
No. Title Length
1. "Highland Aire"   7:04
2. "Teiko"   7:24
3. "Slink"   8:18
Side II
No. Title Length
1. "Mirror of the Heart"   5:04
2. "Alaskan Suite: Northern Lights"   3:17
3. "Alaskan Suite: Invocation"   3:57
4. "Alaskan Suite: Ascent"   6:58
5. "Close to Home"   6:13

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1986 Jazz Albums 12

References

  1. 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. Allmusic Review: Lyle Mays - Lyle Mays accessed 18 November 2014
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