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Wednesday, July 30 2008

The Innovators

Sometimes changing the course of modern music can be surprisingly easy. Though their names may not be laced in the stars right next to Sinatra and Dylan, these mavericks will always be remembered for breaking boundaries, stretching the definitions of genres, and rewriting what the very notion of a "pop song" is.


Thursday, November 30 2006

Metheny / Mehldau -- On the Record

With the release of their first collaboration, jazz musicians Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau talk to PopMatters.


Reviews

Wednesday, July 20 2011

Pat Metheny: What’s It All About

The guitarist plays solo acoustic versions of pop hits from the 1960s.


Wednesday, April 28 2010

Pat Metheny: Orchestrion

A most unusual "solo" record from the jazz guitarist, accompanied by an "orchestra" of percussion and stringed instruments being played mechanically like a player piano.


Sunday, January 1 1995

Pat Metheny: Trio 99-00


Sunday, January 1 1995

Pat Metheny: A Map of the World


News

Tuesday, April 20 2010

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny expands his repertoire

MIAMI — Before he became an internationally lauded jazz musician, before he learned to play the guitar, Pat Metheny fell in love with the player…


Wednesday, February 3 2010

One-man band scores one for jazz guitarist Pat Metheny

NEW YORK — For Pat Metheny, music is nothing without a story. It's a lesson he picked up 40 years ago playing with Kansas City…


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