Unity Band

2012 studio album by Pat Metheny, Chris Potter, Ben Williams, Antonio Sánchez

Unity Band

Studio album by

Pat Metheny, Chris Potter, Ben Williams, Antonio Sánchez

Released

June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)

Recorded

February 2012

Studio

Avatar, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

65:49

Label

Nonesuch

Producer

Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny chronology

What's It All About
(2011)

Unity Band
(2012)

The Orchestrion Project
(2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Observer	^[2]
BBC	favorable^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
The Independent on Sunday	^[5]

Unity Band is a studio album by American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny along with saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Ben Williams and drummer Antonio Sánchez. The album was released through Nonesuch Records on June 12, 2012, and received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album during the 2013 Grammy Awards, marking Metheny's 20th Grammy win.

Track listing

All music is composed by Pat Metheny

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Year"	7:37
2.	"Roofdogs"	5:33
3.	"Come and See"	8:28
4.	"This Belongs to You"	5:20
5.	"Leaving Town"	6:24
6.	"Interval Waltz"	6:26
7.	"Signals (Orchestrion Sketch)"	11:26
8.	"Then and Now"	5:57
9.	"Breakdealer"	8:34
Total length:		65:49

Personnel

Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, orchestrionics
Chris Potter – tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Ben Williams – double bass
Antonio Sánchez – drums

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	146
US Billboard Top Jazz Albums^[7]	2

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Category
2013	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

References

^ Jurek, Thom. Unity Band - Pat Metheny : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic at AllMusic. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Gelly, Dave (June 24, 2012). "Pat Metheny: Unity Band ? review". The Observer. London. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Le Gendre, Kevin. "BBC - Music - Review of Pat Metheny - Unity Band". BBC. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Fordham, John (June 7, 2012). "Pat Metheny: Unity Band ? review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Johnson, Phil (June 10, 2012). "Album: Pat Metheny, Unity Band (Nonesuch) - Reviews - Music - The Independent". London: The Independent. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "Pat Metheny Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
^ "Pat Metheny Chart History: Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2020.

Pat Metheny

Group albums

As leader

Pat Metheny Group	Pat Metheny Group (1978) American Garage (1979) Offramp (1982) Travels (1983) First Circle (1984) The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Still Life (Talking) (1987) Letter from Home (1989) The Road to You (1993) We Live Here (1995) Quartet (1996) Imaginary Day (1997) Speaking of Now (2002) The Way Up (2005)
Others	Bright Size Life (1976) Watercolors (1977) 80/81 (1980) Rejoicing (1984) Question and Answer (1990) Secret Story (1992) Flower Hour (1992) Trio 99 → 00 (2000) Trio → Live (2000) Day Trip (2008) Tokyo Day Trip (2008) Unity Band (2012) Kin (←→) (2014) The Unity Sessions (2016) From This Place (2020)