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Pat Metheny
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Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility - a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional "jazz guitar" sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has continued to re-define the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument. METHENY'S versatility is almost nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. Metheny's body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces, with settings ranging from modern jazz to rock to classical.
David G White: While You Were Sleeping
by Dan McClenaghan
Guitarist David White made a splash on Origin Records with his Big Neighborhood band. Neighbors was released in 2005 on the label, followed by 11:11 in 2007. He picked up a Grammy nomination. Both albums pushed boundaries--White cites a wide range of influences: singer/songwriter James Taylor, Latin jazz, Led Zeppelin, McCoy Tyner, bebop and free jazz.
Best of the Best: Jazz From Detroit
by Paul Rauch
Best of the Best: Jazz From DetroitMagic Circle Productions LLC2025 The history of jazz music is told in hundreds of cities from coast to coast in America. From the cradle in New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, the great migration of Black Americans northward spread the sounds that we know ...
Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavens
by Vic Albani
Vic AlbaniStrange Heavens Linda May Han Oh***Biophila RecordsPortal; Strange Heavens; Living Proof; Acapella; The Sweetest Water; Noise Machinery; Home; Paperbirds; Folk Song; Work Song; Skin; Just Waiting. * Formazione: Linda May Han Oh (contrabbasso) / Ambrose Akinmusire (tromba) / Tyshawn Sorey (batteria)Malesiana ...
Joni Jazz, Part 2
by Chuck Lenatti
Part 1 | Part 2 As a young woman growing up in Canada, Joni Mitchell was fond of American popular music and bought records whenever she could afford them. She would sometimes swap painting jobs for jazz albums. Among her favorite jazz artists were Duke Ellington and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. She ...
Baku Jazz Festival 2025: Part 2
by Ian Patterson
Part 1 | Part 2 Baku Jazz Festival Various Venues 20th edition, Days 5-8 Baku, Azerbaijan October 24-31, 2025 Driving around Baku the brightly colored dayglow signs advertising Baku Jazz Festival 2025 catch the eye at every turn. So do posters for COP 29, ...
Linda May Han Oh: In Search Of Strange Heavens
by Lawrence Peryer
Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh. Linda's a Grammy winner who's recorded with Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, and Joe Lovano. She was even the model for the bassist character in Pixar's Soul. But it's her own work that brings us together. Her latest album, ...
John Scofield & Dave Holland: Memories Of Home
by Frank Housh
John Scofield and Dave Holland have about a century of combined experience making jazz. They have played with everybody and created deep bodies of work that span bebop to today. “Memories of Home" sounds like an intimate reflection on two musical lives. Scofield and Holland each spent time with Miles Davis' band. They played ...
Mark Lettieri, Grand Discovery, The Outernet plus '70s re-visited
by Len Davis
We're bringing you an electrifying mix of fusion, funk, and guitar artistry from around the world! ?? Contemporary Sounds: Gabriel Gallardo--Brazil's rising fusion star bringing rhythmic fire and melodic finesse. Mark Lettieri and Thomas Polychuck--representing the USA with groove, grit, and guitar mastery. Grand Discovery--Finland's innovative collective pushing the boundaries of modern instrumental music. The Outernet ...
Havard Volden: Small Lives
by Scott Gudell
Although the press release claims that Norwegian-born Håvard Volden “takes center stage" with his guitar, Small Lives is carefully constructed around the fusion of his experimental guitar work with synthesizers, bass, drums and more--many of which are performed by Volden himself. This is no surprise, as beyond his guitar prowess, he skillfully leverages the capabilities of ...
