Search - Artist/Band: Pat Metheny

• Name: Pat Metheny
• Birthday: 08/12/1954
• Birth Place: Lee's Summit, MO
• Decades Active: 1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Folk Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Cerebral, Cold, Complex, Freewheeling, Intense, Knotty, Passionate, Playful, Poignant, Precious, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Sophisticated, Sparse, Stylish, Sweet, Wistful, Atmospheric, Dramatic, Earnest, Energetic, Exuberant, Literate, Lively, Rousing, Searching, Self-Conscious, Sprawling, Stately, Warm, Witty, Wry

Title	Release
Day Trip W	01/29/2008
Selected Recordings W	07/23/2007
Metheny Mehldau Quartet WA	03/20/2007
Metheny Mehldau WA	09/12/2006
The Way Up WA	01/25/2005
The Complete Move to the Groove Session	07/30/2004
Rarum, Vol. 9: Selected Recordings WA	02/10/2004
One Quiet Night WA	05/13/2003
Water/Giver of Life WA	02/11/2003
Speaking of Now WA	02/12/2002
Upojenie WA	2002
Trio 99>00 WA	02/08/2000
A Map of the World	11/09/1999
Passaggio Per Il Paradiso WA	06/30/1998
Imaginary Day WA	10/07/1997
The Sign of 4 WA	05/20/1997
Quartet	1996
Dream Teams WA	1994
We Live Here	1994
I Can See Your House from Here	1993
The Road to You: Recorded Live in Europe WA	1993
Zero Tolerance for Silence WA	12/16/1992
Under Fire WA	09/01/1992
Secret Story WA	07/1992
Works I WA	01/25/1991
Works II WA	01/25/1991
Question and Answer	12/21/1989
Letter from Home WA	03/1989
Still Life (Talking) WA	1987
Song X	12/1985
First Circle WA	1984
The Falcon and the Snowman	1984
Rejoicing WA	1983
Offramp WA	10/1981
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls WA	09/1980
American Garage WA	02/1980
80/81 WA	1980
New Chautauqua WA	04/1979
Pat Metheny Group WA	01/1978
Watercolors WA	02/1977
Bright Size Life WA	12/1975
The Complete Sessions WA

One of the most original guitarists from the '80s onward (he is instantly recognizable), Pat Metheny is a chance-taking player who has gained great popularity but also taken some wild left turns. His records with the Pat Metheny Group are difficult to describe (folk-jazz? mood music?) but managed to be both accessible and original, stretching the boundaries of jazz and making Metheny famous enough so he could perform whatever type of music he wants without losing his audience. Metheny (whose older brother is the trumpeter Mike Metheny) started on guitar when he was 13. He developed quickly, taught at both the University of Miami and Berklee while he was a teenager, and made his recording debut with Paul Bley and Jaco Pastorius in 1974. He spent an important period (1974-1977) with Gary Burton's group, 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 one of the most popular of all jazzmen, selling out stadiums. Metheny mostly avoided playing predictable music, and his freelance projects were always quite interesting. His 1980 album 80/81 featured Dewey Redman and Mike Brecker in a post-bop quintet; he teamed up with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins on a trio date in 1983; and two years later recorded the very outside Song X with Ornette Coleman. Among Metheny's other projects away from the group were a sideman recording with Sonny Rollins; a 1990 tour with Herbie Hancock in a quartet; a trio album with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes; and a collaboration (and tour) with Joshua Redman. Although his Zero Tolerance for Silence in 1994 was largely a waste (40 minutes of feedback), Metheny retained his popularity and remained a consistently creative performer. He has recorded as a leader for ECM (starting in 1975), Geffen, Warner Brothers, and Nonesuch. Metheny remained active in the 21st century, releasing Speaking of Now in 2002, the solo One Quiet Night in 2003, Way Up in 2005, and Metheny Mehldau in 2006. Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau returned to the studio the following year for Quartet. Metheny released the trio album Day Trip in 2008. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide