Unity Village is a short jazz fusion instrumental by Pat Metheny Group, released on their 1976 debut album Bright Size Life. The piece runs about 3 minutes and 40 seconds and features Metheny on guitar with Jaco Pastorius on bass in a spare, intimate arrangement. The title refers to Unity Village, a place in Missouri near Metheny’s hometown, a detail he sometimes mentions in live versions of the piece. Unity Village sits in the jazz fusion or contemporary jazz realm and has several versions, including a live take and a 1993 unofficial German Jazz Door CD release that pairs it with other Metheny Group tracks. Metheny’s broader career includes collaborations such as This Is Not America with David Bowie.
