Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
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| Studio album by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny | |||||
| Released | February 25, 1997 | ||||
| Recorded | 1996 | ||||
| Studio | Right Track Studio, New York City | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 69:11 | ||||
| Label | Verve | ||||
| Producer | Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny | ||||
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Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) is a jazz album by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny, who were both born in Missouri. The album was released by Verve Records on February 25, 1997. At the 40th Grammy Awards, they received (Haden's first and Metheny's tenth) the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection. The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars calling it "a fine record when the material is happening, but a bit of a chore when it is not".
"The Precious Jewel" had been made well known by the Delmore Brothers—a major influence on Charlie Haden, as he pointed out. "Waltz for Ruth" was composed especially for this album and is dedicated to Haden's wife. "Tears of Rain" is also an original composition for this project by Metheny, recorded with his new acoustic sitar. According to Haden, "The Moon Song" by Johnny Mandel had never been recorded before. However, the song is also known as "Solitary Moon" and has been covered by both Shirley Horn on her album You're My Thrill and Barbra Streisand on her album What Matters Most. "Spiritual", by Charlie Haden's son Josh Haden, was originally released on Spain's debut album The Blue Moods of Spain and was covered by Johnny Cash in 1996. Jimmy Webb took the title of "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" from a Robert A. Heinlein novel of the same name.
1997 – 40th Annual GRAMMY Awards
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