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Pat Metheny

Born 12 August 1954.

Pat Metheny is a performance name for the person Patrick Bruce Metheny.

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Biography

Patrick Bruce Metheny (pronounced muh-THEE-nee) (born August 12, 1954, Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive- and contemporary jazz, post-bop, latin-jazz and jazz fusion.

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BBC Reviews Really Simple Syndication

  1. Day Trip 2008

    Day Trip (feat. Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez)

    Reviewed by Nick Reynolds

    Day Trip says nothing but says it sweetly.
  2. One Quiet Night 2003

    One Quiet Night

    Reviewed by Peter Marsh

    The first truly solo record from Pat Metheny, playing acoustic baritone guitar on a...
  3. Secret Story 1992

    Secret Story

    Reviewed by Nick Reynolds

    I had to go back and listen to Song X again to clean out the sticky gunk this album...

Credits

Role Artist Release
Instrument Michael Brecker Pilgrimage (2007)
Instrument Metheny Mehldau Quartet Metheny Mehldau Quartet (2007)
Instrument Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau Metheny Mehldau (2006)
Liner notes Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman Song X: Twentieth Anniversary (2005)
Composer Jason Vieaux Images of Metheny (2005)
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