Pat Metheny News

The first time I played with Dewey Redman, Jack DeJohnette and Charlie Haden [on Pat Metheny's 80/81 ] something just clicked, something changed, something shifted, I was never the same after that.

DC writes regularly about rock and roll, jazz and the blues, composing reviews of CD's, DVD's, live performances, books and films, as well as conducting interviews.

In addition to being one of the largest jazz festivals in the world, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is one of the safest and most friendly.

At his trio's first gig on their second European tour, Bill Stewart opened the show by telling us how happy he was to be back at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse , "one of the best jazz clubs in the world." Not a bad compliment! Organist Larry Goldings and pianist Kevin Hays have, just like Bill himself, been involved in many projects on the American jazz, ... (more)

Jazz virtuoso guitarist Pat Metheny, The English Beat and Psychedelic Furs, the Happy Together Tour 2012 and Lynnie Godfrey have been added to Musikfest Cafe's 2012 lineup, according to a news release.

At last, a book about music that doesn't impose any stylistic constraints-or, perhaps most importantly, any geographic ones.

NEW bergenPAC shows on sale: Psychedelic Furs , Chic featuring Nile Rodgers and Sister Sledge , Dokken and Warrant , Paul Anka , and Pat Metheny Unity Band on sale Friday, February 3rd at 11:00am. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or bergenPAC.org or by calling the box office at 201 227 1030.

Given the fact that there have been many publicized rivalries among musicians over the years, which do you consider to be the most bitter? Try as they might, some musicians just don't get along.

The latest offering from contemporary jazz guitarist Pat Metheny will again put him front and center.

Patrick Bruce Metheny, the longtime Woodstocker known as Pat who has won a record 18 Grammy Awards at this point, holds a number of lofty mantles.

This will feature contemporary jazz with composers including Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny as well as some original compositions by Les himself.

Joni Mitchell documented her jazz-heavy 1979 concert tour with her 1980 "Shadows and Light" double album, capturing her and her band -- including jazz stalwarts such as guitarist Pat Metheny, bassist Jaco Pastorius and saxophonist Michael Brecker -- at a Santa Barbara County Bowl concert.