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This matchup was certainly an unlikely one. The innovative avant-garde guitarist Derek Bailey and the 
popular and influential Pat Metheny were probably not automatically destined to collaborate. But at the 
Knitting Factory for a few nights in December 1996 with both Gregg Bendian and Paul Wertico on drums 
and percussion, Bailey and Metheny joined as one titanic force. It was not a matter of meeting halfway; 
instead, Metheny willingly played Bailey's free-form music on its own terms.

Vol. 1 Statement Of The Case
01. A Study In Scarlet 7:39
02. A Study In Scarlet 2:46
03. A Study In Scarlet 4:01
04. A Study In Scarlet 8:15
05. A Study In Scarlet 5:28
06. A Study In Scarlet 6:08
07. A Study In Scarlet 5:04
08. A Study In Scarlet 12:09
09. A Study In Scarlet 11:16
Vol. 1 was performed live at the Knitting Factory December 13th, 1996 (Bendian and Metheny 
are heard in the left channel; Bailey and Wertico are heard in the right channel)

Vol. 2 The Science Of Deduction
01. Evidently 7:45
02. Untidy Habits 6:21
03. The Rule Of Three 2:37
04. Strange Story 4:05
05. The Aurora 3:38
06. Tracks 5:37
07. A Break In The Chain 8:35
08. One Object 6:12
09. Euclid 6:31
10. Fortune 9:53
Vol. 2 was recorded at Sound On Sound Studios, NYC on December 12th and 15th, 1996

Vol. 3 The Balance Of Probability
01. Poisoned Arrows 14:59
02. Trichinopoly 7:18
03. Ransom 19:02
04. Antecedents 7:26
05. In Quest Of A Solution 19:24
Vol. 3 was recorded live at the Knitting Factory on December 13th and 14th, 1996 (Bendian and 
Metheny are heard in the left channel; Bailey and Wertico are heard in the right channel)