With the release of the The Orchestrion Project (Eagle Eye Media, 2012) DVD/Blu Ray video and associated The Orchestrion Project (Nonesuch, 2013) two-CD set released just over three months later, Pat ...

Metheny opened with a solo on his 42-string Pikasso guitar, a Hydra-headed invention with a very delicate harp-like upper register. Watching him grapple in the gloom made for a dramatic start, but the ...

What's in a name? First there was the Unity Band in 2012; after several years of collaborations, solo work and small ensembles, the ever-restless Pat Metheny decided it was time for a steady quartet ...

From his earliest entry into the spotlight as a member of Gary Burton’s group some 40 years back, Pat Metheny has displayed a seemingly insatiable hunger for new experiences within the broader ...

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The Detroit Jazz Festival has been around, under one name or another, for 33 years. And Pat Metheny has missed all of them. But, the guitarist contends, it's nothing personal. It's more about "when it ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny has built a mainstream audience not only through the accessibility of his music, but also through ...

Metheny, with three gold albums and multiple Grammys to his credit, is 60 but could pass for 45. Opening solo on his famous double-necked guitar — one of several he played, electric and acoustic — he ...

Guitarist Pat Metheny has been at the top of his craft for 40 years — since he first hit the Jazz chart Top 10 with his 1979 album “New Chautauqua.” Since then, he’s had more than two dozen more ...