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Also known as Patrick Bruce Metheny, Patrick Metheny, Patrick B. Metheny

American jazz musician

Person · Open Library

Works
27

Top works

  • Jazz-Rock Solos for Guitar
  • Pat Metheny - Road to the Sun
  • Pat Metheny
  • Real Pat Metheny Book
  • Pat Metheny Unity Group - Kin

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Sound · Summit, Missouri, USA

Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny, born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit, Missouri, is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is one of the most successful jazz musicians. And since the mid 1970s so was he perfoming as The Pat Metheny Group whit the pianist Lyle Mays by his side untill 2006.

Known for

  • Pino — Self2025
  • Ennio — Self2022
  • Walter Hus, a Musical Journey — Himself2021
  • Eberhard Weber: The Jubilee Concert2016
  • A Portrait of Esbjörn Svensson — Self - Gitarrist2016
  • Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions — electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synth, electronics, orchestrionics, synths2015
  • Pat Metheny -The Making Of The Orchestrion Project2012
  • Pat Metheny - The Orchestrion Project2012
  • DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live — Himself2010
  • Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy — Himself2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1954
contemporary jazzguitarjazzjazz fusion

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535,403
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Patrick Bruce Metheny (born 12 August 1954 in Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny's musical contexts separate into many branches: the Pat Metheny Group plus various collaborations, duets, solo works, and other side projects. He first made it big in the jazz world with the famous vibraphonist Gary Burton. Throughout the late 70's, 80's, and 90's, Metheny established himself as one of the leading jazz guitar players in the wor

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Chemical Composition of the Sun

    · 2009 · cited 8,079x

  2. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics

    · 2014 · cited 6,565x

  3. The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    · 2018 · cited 4,684x

  4. A global model of natural volatile organic compound emissions

    · 1995 · cited 3,601x

  5. Missing value estimation methods for DNA microarrays

    · 2001 · cited 3,281x

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Quotes

  • More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.

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Key facts

Born
Patrick Bruce Metheny , ( 1954-08-12 ) August 12, 1954 (age 71) , Lee's Summit, Missouri , U.S.
Genres
Jazz jazz fusion Latin jazz progressive jazz
Occupations
Musician composer producer professor
Instruments
Guitar
Years active
1974–present
Labels
ECM Geffen Warner Nonesuch Modern Recording
Website
patmetheny .com

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Official website
www.patmetheny.com
Image
Pat Metheny Barcelona 2008.jpg
Number of children
3
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date of birth
1954-08-12
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Pat Metheny
name in native language
Patrick B. Metheny
start of work period
1974-00-00
birth name
Patrick Bruce Metheny
social media followers
75464
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Patrick Bruce Metheny (/məˈθiːni/ məth-EE-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. He has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards, and is the only person to have won Grammys in 10 categories.

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