Orchestrion (album)

Orchestrion
Studio album by Pat Metheny
Released	January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
Recorded	October 2009
Studio	MSR Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:04
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny chronology
Quartet Live (2009) Orchestrion (2010) What's It All About (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
All About Jazz

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

All music is composed by Pat Metheny

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Orchestrion"	15:48
2.	"Entry Point"	10:28
3.	"Expansion"	8:35
4.	"Soul Search"	9:19
5.	"Spirit of the Air"	7:45
Total length:		52:04

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 Studios, NYC, USA
• Barbara De Wilde – artwork
• Henry Leutwyler – photography

Score

In 2011 the complete score was published.

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2010	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	3
2010	Billboard 200	114