Artist: Pat Metheney
Genre(s):
Instrumental
Discography:
Imaginary Day
Year:
Tracks: 9
One of the most original guitarists from the '80s onward (he is instantly recognizable), Pat Metheny is a chance-taking participant world Health Organization has gained great popularity simply also taken some wild left turns. His records with the Pat Metheny Group ar difficult to draw (folk-jazz? climate music?) just managed to be both accessible and original, stretch the boundaries of nothingness and making Metheny famed enough so he could perform whatever type of medicine he wants without losing his audience. Metheny (whose older pal is the trumpeter Mike Metheny) started on guitar when he was 13. He highly-developed speedily, taught at both the University of Miami and Berklee piece he was a adolescent, and made his recording debut with Paul Bley and Jaco Pastorius in 1974. He played out an crucial period (1974-1977) with Gary Burton's radical, met keyboardist Lyle Mays, and in 1978 formed his group, which originally featured Mays, bassist Mark Egan, and drummer Dan Gottlieb. Within a short period he was ECM's top artist and 1 of the most popular of all jazzmen, merchandising out stadiums. Metheny generally avoided playing predictable music, and his self-employed projects were always quite interesting. His 1980 album 80/81 featured Dewey Redman and Mike Brecker in a post-bop quintette; he teamed up with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins on a triplet date in 1983; and 2 age later recorded the selfsame outside Strain X with Ornette Coleman. Among Metheny's other projects away from the grouping were a sideman recording with Sonny Rollins; a 1990 spell with Herbie Hancock in a 4; a trio record album with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes; and a collaborationism (and tour) with Joshua Redman. Although his Cypher Tolerance for Silence in 1994 was largely a waste (40 transactions of feedback), Metheny maintained his popularity and remained a consistently creative performing artist. He has recorded as a leader for ECM (starting in 1975), Geffen, Warner Brothers, and Nonesuch. Metheny remained combat-ready in the twenty-first century, cathartic Speech production of Now in 2002, the solo One Quiet Night in 2003, Agency Up in 2005, and Metheny Mehldau in 2006. Metheny and piano player Brad Mehldau returned to the studio the following year for Quartet.
