Always and Forever is a Pat Metheny tune from the 1992 album Secret Story, arranged for big band by Bob Curnow. It is a warm, pensive ballad with lush harmonies in the Metheny style, designed to showcase solos by flugelhorn, guitar or alto sax. The track appears on Secret Story, a genre blending project that won the 1993 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, and was later featured on Bob Curnow's LA Big Band The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. The arrangement is often performed in a 5-4-4-4 voicing and sits within jazz, jazz fusion and world music influences.
