With the release of the The Orchestrion Project (Eagle Eye Media, 2012) DVD/Blu Ray video and associated The Orchestrion Project (Nonesuch, 2013) two-CD set released just over three months later, Pat ...

At the Lobero on Wednesday, guitarist Pat Metheny showed why he’s become one of the most respected and influential musicians in contemporary jazz. While never leaving his core strength as a player ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Is it possible to love, or even enjoy, every one of the 40-something recordings released by guitarist Pat Metheny? Many of the titles released by his Pat ...

Strangely enough, the release of Kin (—>) may be the one that most polarizes longtime fans of guitarist Pat Metheny. There are those who feel that, beginning with 2005's last recording with his ...

Pat Metheny is one of the famous names in jazz, even to people who don’t follow jazz. Here’s the evidence: • He has won a ridiculous number of Grammy Awards: 19, and not just for jazz. He has won ...

Pat Metheny is one of the most enduring and critically-acclaimed jazz musicians of the past four decades. The innovative guitarist and composer has consistently pushed the envelope artistically and he ...

Thursday’s blazing quartet performance by Pat Metheny’s Unity Band reset the limits for what you think four musicians can do. By incorporating elements of his fantastical orchestrion into the latter ...

At least one positive development emerged from guitarist Pat Metheny’s concert Tuesday night in Orchestra Hall: A raffle organized by Symphony Center raised funds for the Chi-Town Jazz Festival, which ...

The Pat Metheny Unity Group thankfully lived up to its name Saturday night. Considering the complexity of many of its arrangements, had the group not been fully unified, it would have been a jumbled ...

I bookended my week with the Pat Metheny Unity Band, catching them on Monday at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. It was not something I intended and it is not something I plan to do again anytime soon ...