Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1954-08-12
- 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
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
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
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 535,403
- Total plays
- 10,481,630
Tags
jazzFusionguitarjazz guitarjazz fusion
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Chemical Composition of the Sun
· 2009 · cited 8,048x
- Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics
· 2014 · cited 6,501x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,663x
- A global model of natural volatile organic compound emissions
· 1995 · cited 3,598x
- Missing value estimation methods for DNA microarrays
· 2001 · cited 3,263x
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 12 August 1954
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lee's Summit
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Employer
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Participant in
Article
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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