New Chautauqua

New Chautauqua is a studio album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. It was released in 1979.

New Chautauqua
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released	April 1979 (1979-04)
Recorded	August 1978
Studio	Talent Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Folk jazz, jazz fusion
Length	38:28
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Pat Metheny chronology
Pat Metheny Group (1978) New Chautauqua (1979) American Garage (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone	(mixed)[1]
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

Track listing

All music is composed by Pat Metheny.

Side one:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Chautauqua"	5:19
2.	"Country Poem"	2:34
3.	"Long-Ago Child/Fallen Star"	10:19

Side two:

No.	Title	Length
4.	"Hermitage"	5:39
5.	"Sueño con Mexico"	5:59
6.	"Daybreak"	8:38

Personnel

• Pat Metheny – electric 6- and 12-string guitars, acoustic guitar, 15-string harp guitar, electric bass

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	3
1979	Billboard Pop Albums	44

References

1. Gilmore, Mikal (2011). "Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
2. Jurek, Thom. "New Chautauqua - Pat Metheny | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 139. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.