Orchestrion (album)

Orchestrion is a studio album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny that was released by Nonesuch Records on January 26, 2010.

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	[1]
All About Jazz	[2]

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

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

All music is composed by Pat Metheny.

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.^[3]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2010	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	3[4]
2010	Billboard 200	114[4]