(It's being launched at the same time on both Nonesuch and Tzadik.) These compositions use Metheny something that he's rarely been able to make the most of. While he's regularly performed the works of other authors, he has seldom had the opportunity to so completely orchestrate and arrange them. Ironically, this partnership has actually resulted in offering him the flexibility to explore his artistic expression as a specific, at a much deeper level".
The melodies are wonderful, and variations often motivated". In, Juan Rodriguez specified "Metheny does a lot of overlapping and overdubbing, but there's a Middle Eastern tint that's common to a great deal of Zorn's recent structures, along with lilting Metheny-isms that make Tap an intense, glowing getaway, almost a guide on how complexity evolves from utter simplicity.
This is an interesting meeting of minds".'s Andy Gill said "It's all dazzlingly virtuosic and evocative". Numerous online reviewers were also complimentary. On, Nenad Georgievski stated, "Metheny has actually positioned his imprint on Zorn's music in an idiosyncratic way. Loaded with aggressive, dirty and equally tender vibes and melodies, with immersive textures that give each structure a different kind of depth and character".
Hopefully, it will be discover a wide audience, and motivate novice listeners to look for other recordings in Zorn's on-going Book of Angels series" The Arts Desk's Peter Quinn exclaimed "it's surprising that it's taken quite so long for fellow trailblazers Pat Metheny and John Zorn to collaborate. It's certainly been worth the wait, as this collection is a genuine barn-burner".
Troy Dostert was more booked in his appreciation stating, "It's not a timeless, and it probably won't wind up ranking with Metheny's finest work. However on Pat Metheny books , his genuineness and regard for Zorn's music do come through convincingly, and at least this need to do enough to keep everyone wondering what Metheny might try to take on next".