Lyle Mays (album)

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 in 1985. The album has had re-releases in 1993, 1998, and in digital format in 2010.

Lyle Mays
Studio album by
Lyle Mays
Released1986
Recorded1985
StudioThe Power Station, New York
Genre
Length48:20
LabelGeffen
GED24097
Producer
Lyle Mays chronology
Lyle Mays
(1986)		 Street Dreams
(1988)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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 is composed by Lyle Mays

Side I
No.TitleLength
1."Highland Aire"7:04
2."Teiko"7:24
3."Slink"8:18
Side II
No.TitleLength
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
Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Jazz Albums 12

References
  1. Ginell, Richard S. AllMusic Review: Lyle Mays - Lyle Mays accessed 18 November 2014
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