Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Methenyis an American jazz guitarist and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth12 August 1954
CityLee's Summit, MO
CountryUnited States of America
i-can
The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.
music demand jazz
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.
night guitar icons
1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar.
music jazz poetic
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
music worry too-much
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
music way jazz
Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.
music people personality
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
musical verbs jazz-and-life
...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.
zone
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly
jazz music-is your-presence
Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence...
cities kansas-city able
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young
jazz form audience
There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.
firsts instruments trumpets
Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument,
duet extended mix tunes
With Christian, Antonio and David, I will mix it up, as usual, some tunes as a Trio, some as a Quartet, extended duet sections, and more,