80/81 (compleet) (1980)

"Metheny's jazz credibility went way up with the release of this superb collaboration with outstanding jazz musicians that dared to be uncompromising at a time when most artists would have merely continued pursuing their commercial successes. From the disbanded Keith Jarrett American quartet came bassist Charlie Haden and tenor Dewey Redman -- who alternates with and occasionally plays alongside tenor Michael Brecker -- and Jack DeJohnette provides more combustible drumming than Metheny had ever experienced on record before. Yet Metheny's off-kilter wandering on solo electric guitar is a comfortable fit for the post-bop rhythmic crosscurrents of this music. The first of the "Two Folk Songs" is a great example of the Metheny folk-jazz fusion, with furious strummed guitar underpinning Brecker's melodic line and excursions on the outside and DeJohnette's spectacular drums." (Richard S. Ginell, Allmusic) \n"Two Folk Songs" werd door Van Kooten en De Bie midden jaren '80 als tune gebruikt bij de 'Juinen'-scenes.