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
hard-times night saws
I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
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.
creativity thinking levels
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level,
firsts instruments trumpets
Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument,
reflection music-love output
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
brother player cities
My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.
life-changing unity band
The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.
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,
dates david fall fun knew next playing tour
We were all having so much fun playing off each other. I knew that my next tour in the fall had to have as many dates with David as possible.
amount case certain geniuses rarely talented themselves
There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
felt lives sort
There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0.