Orchestrion (album)

Orchestrion is a studio album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny that was released by Nonesuch Records on January 26, 2010.

Metheny's orchestrionics were built by Eric Singer and the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, Ken Caulkins at Ragtime West, Mark Herbert, Cyril Lance, and Peterson Electro-Musical Products. The set includes pianos, marimba, vibraphone, orchestra bells, basses, GuitarBots, percussion, cymbals and drums, blown bottles and other custom-fabricated, acoustic, mechanical instruments.

Track listing

Personnel

• Pat Metheny – guitar and orchestrionics

Technical personnel

• Pat Metheny – producer
• Steve Rodby – associate producer
• Robert Hurwitz – executive producer
• Joe Ferla – recording, mixing
• Mark Wilder – mastering at Battery Sound, NYC, USA
• Barbara De Wilde – artwork
• Henry Leutwyler – photography

Score

In 2011 the complete score was published.

Charts

References