The Gathering Sky Pat Metheny

Metheny & Mays in Solo. The project: playing Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays songs in solo, late at night, quiet with a Taylor NS-32CE here. Title: Across The Sky.

Metheny in 2010Background informationBirth namePatrick Bruce MethenyBorn( 1954-08-12) August 12, 1954 (age 65), Missouri, U.S.Genres,Occupation(s)Musician, composer, producerInstrumentsGuitarYears active1974–presentLabels,Associated acts,WebsitePatrick Bruce Metheny (; born August 12, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.He is the leader of the and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz,. Metheny has three and 20 and is the only person to win Grammys in 10 categories.

He is the brother of jazz flugelhornist. Contents.Biography Early years and education Metheny was born in, Missouri. His father Dave played trumpet, his mother Lois sang, and his maternal grandfather Delmar was a professional trumpeter. Metheny's first instrument was trumpet, which he was taught by his brother,. His brother, father, and grandfather played trios together at home. His parents were fans of and swing music. They took Metheny to concerts to hear and, but they had little respect for guitar.

Metheny's interest in guitar increased around 1964 when he saw perform on TV. For his 12th birthday, his parents allowed him to buy a guitar, which was a 3/4.Metheny's life changed after hearing the album. Soon after, he was captivated by 's album which was released in 1965. He cites the Beatles, Miles Davis, and Wes Montgomery as having the biggest impact on his music.When he was 15, he won a scholarship from magazine to a one-week jazz camp where he was mentored by guitarist, who then invited Metheny to New York City to see guitarist and bassist.While playing at a club in Kansas City, he was approached by, a dean at the, and offered a scholarship. After less than a week at college, Metheny realized that playing guitar all day during his teens had left him unprepared for classes.

He admitted this to Lee, who offered him a job to teach instead, as the school had recently introduced electric guitar as a course of study.He moved to Boston to teach at the with jazz vibraphonist and established a reputation as a prodigy. Debut album In 1974 he appeared on an album unofficially titled with pianist, bassist, and drummer for Carol Goss's label.

But he was unaware that he was being recorded. During the next year, he joined Gary Burton's band with guitarist.Metheny released his debut album, (, 1976) with on bass guitar and on drums. His next album, (ECM, 1977), was the first time he recorded with pianist, who became his most frequent collaborator. The album also featured, who became the drummer for the first version of the. With Metheny, Mays, and Gottlieb, the fourth member was bassist when the album (ECM, 1978) was released.Pat Metheny Group. Left to right: and Pat MethenyWhen (ECM, 1978) was released, the Group was a quartet comprising, besides Metheny, on drums, on bass, and on piano, and synthesizer. All but Egan had played on Metheny's album (ECM, 1977), recorded a year before the first Group album.The second Group album, (ECM, 1979), reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and crossed over onto the pop charts.

From 1982 to 1985, the Pat Metheny Group released (ECM, 1982), a live album, (ECM, 1983), (ECM, 1984), and (EMI, 1985), a soundtrack album for the movie of the same name in which they collaborated on the single ' with. The song reached number 14 in the British Top 40 in 1985 and number 32 in the U.S.Offramp marked the first appearance of bassist (replacing Egan) and a Brazilian guest artist, on percussion and wordless vocals. On First Circle, Argentinian singer and multi-instrumentalist joined the group as drummer replaced Gottlieb. Both Rodby and Wertico were members of the Group at the time and had played in Simon-Bard in before joining Metheny.

First Circle was Metheny's last album with ECM; he had been a key artist for the label but left following disagreements with the label's founder,. (, 1987) featured new Group members trumpeter, vocalist, and percussionist. Aznar returned for vocals and guitar on (Geffen, 1989).During this period the of Chicago featured compositions by Metheny and Mays for their production of Lyle Kessler's play, where it has remained special optional music for all productions of the play around the world since. Metheny then again delved into solo and band projects, and four years went by before the release of the next Group record, a live album titled (Geffen, 1993), which featured tracks from the two Geffen studio albums among new tunes. The group integrated new instrumentation and technologies into its work, notably Mays' use of synthesizers.Metheny and Mays themselves refer to the next three Pat Metheny Group releases as a triptych: (Geffen, 1995), (Geffen, 1996), and (., 1997). Moving away from the Latin style which had dominated the releases of the previous ten years, these albums included experiments with sequenced synthetic drums on one track, free-form improvisation on acoustic instruments, and symphonic signatures, blues, and sonata schemes. With (Warner Bros., 2002), new Group members were added: drummer from, trumpeter from, and bassist, vocalist, guitarist, and percussionist from.(, 2005) consists of one 68-minute-long piece (split into four sections for CD navigation) based on a pair of three-note kernels: The opening B, A#, F# and the derived B, A, F#.

On The Way Up, harmonica player from Switzerland was introduced as a new group member, while Bona contributed as a guest musician.Side projects Outside the Group, Metheny has shown different sides of his musical personality. He made the album (, 2010) with elaborate, custom mechanical instruments, allowing one person to compose and perform as a one-person orchestra. By contrast, his album (Geffen, 1992) used orchestral arrangements found more often in movie soundtracks, such as his own (EMI, 1985) and (Warner Bros., 1999). His solo acoustic guitar albums include (ECM, 1979), (Warner Bros., 2003), and (Nonesuch, 2011). He explored the fringes of the avant-garde on (Geffen, 1994).

This, too, was an album of solo guitar, but it was electric guitar, and to many fans and critics it was simply noise. Metheny had ventured into the avant-garde before on (ECM, 1980), (Geffen, 1986) with, and The Sign of Four with (Knitting Factory Works, 1997).In 1997, Metheny recorded with bassist on Johnson's release (Verve, 1998).

The next year, he recorded a with (Telarc, 1999), whose work has strongly influenced Metheny's. He collaborated with Polish jazz and folk singer on (Warner Poland, 2002) and on (RCA, 2005).He recorded on albums by his older brother, a jazz trumpeter, among them Day In – Night Out (1986) and Close Enough for Love (2001).The long list of his collaborators includes,. Unity Band In 2012, he formed the Unity Band with on drums, on bass and on saxophone. This ensemble toured Europe and the U.S. During the latter half of the year.

In 2013, as an extension of the Unity Band project, Metheny announced the formation of the Pat Metheny Unity Group, with the addition of the Italian multi-instrumentalist.Influences As a young guitarist, Metheny tried to sound like, but when he was 14 or 15, he decided it was disrespectful to imitate him. In the liner notes on the 2-disc Montgomery compilation Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides, Metheny is quoted as saying, ' is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.' Ornette Coleman's 1968 album inspired Metheny to find his own direction. He has recorded Coleman's compositions on a number of albums, starting with a medley of 'Round Trip' and 'Broadway Blues' on his debut album, (1976). He worked extensively with Coleman's collaborators, such as, and, and he recorded the album (1986) with Coleman and toured with him.Metheny made three albums on ECM with Brazilian vocalist and percussionist. He lived in Brazil from the late 1980s to the early 1990s and performed with several local musicians, such as.

He played with as a tribute, in a live performance in Salutes The Jazz Masters: Verve 50th Anniversary.He is also a fan of several pop music artists, especially singer/songwriters including (after whom he named the song 'James' on Offramp);, and, with whom he performed on her (/, 1980) live tour. Metheny is also fond of 's music. He also worked with, sponsored or helped to make recordings of singer/songwriters from all over the world, such as (Argentina), (Japan), (UK), (Norway), (Israel), and (Poland).Two of Metheny's albums, (2005) and (2010), show the influence of American minimalist composer and use similar rhythmic figures structured around pulse. Metheny recorded Reich's composition ' on Reich's album (Nonesuch, 1987).Guitars. Main article:Metheny plays a custom-made 42-string created by Canadian luthier. He plays it on 'Into the Dream' and on the albums (1996), (1997), (1999), (Warner Bros., 2000), and the Speaking of Now Live and Imaginary Day Live DVDs. Metheny has used the guitar in his guest appearances on other artists' albums.

He used the Pikasso on (Nonesuch, 2007), his second collaboration with pianist and his trio sidemen and; the Pikasso is featured on Metheny's composition 'The Sound of Water'. Manzer has made many acoustic guitars for Metheny, including a mini guitar, an acoustic sitar guitar, and the, which Metheny used for the recording of (2003).Guitar synthesizer. Metheny with the guitar synthesizerMetheny was one of the first jazz guitarists to use the. He commented, 'you have to stop thinking about it as a guitar, because it no longer is a guitar.' He approaches it as if he were a horn player, and he prefers the 'high trumpet' sound of the instrument. One of the 'patches' that he has often used is on Roland's JV-80 'Vintage Synth' expansion card, titled 'Pat's GR-300'. In addition to the Roland, he uses a controller.

Six-string and twelve-string electric Metheny was an early proponent of the in jazz. During his 1975 tour with the 'Quartet' (five people, including Metheny), he primarily played electric twelve-string guitar against the six-string work of resident guitarist. Prior to Metheny, had used the electric twelve-string guitar on a studio album, and had used a double-neck electric guitar with the. Was perhaps the first to use acoustic twelve-string guitar extensively in jazz ('The Moors', from 's, Columbia, 1972), and and made extensive use of acoustic twelve string in alternate tunings at the 1975, later releasing some of the material on their 1976 album. Metheny used a twelve-string guitar on his debut album, (1976), including alternate tuning on 'Sirabhorn', and on later albums ('San Lorenzo', from Pat Metheny Group and Travels). Semi-acoustic guitars. Metheny with his Ibanez PM signature modelAt the age of 12, Metheny bought a natural finish that he played throughout his early career, until it was retired in 1995.

After his first tour of Japan in 1978, he began an association with guitars, who have since produced a range of PM signature models. Material loss On June 25, 2019, listed Pat Metheny among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the.

Awards and honors. Only artist to win Grammy Awards in ten different categories. Down Beat Hall of Fame, 2013. Miles Davis Award, 1995. Orville H. Gibson Award, 1996.

Honorary Doctorate of Music from, 1996. Guitarist of the Year, Readers' Poll, 1983, 1986–'91, 2007–2016. Best Jazz Guitarist, magazine, 1982, '83, '86. Best Jazz Guitarist, Guitar Player magazine Readers' Poll, '84, '85, 2009. Best Acoustic Guitarist, magazine Readers' Poll, 2009. for Best Guitar Instrumentalist – International for TAP: John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol.

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