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Patrick Bruce Metheny (/ m ə ˈ θ iː n i / mə-THEE-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. [1]He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side projects.
Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) [1] was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. [2] [3] Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awards.
The Pat Metheny Group was an American jazz band founded in 1977 by guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, along with his core collaborating member, keyboardist and composer Lyle Mays. Other long-standing members included bassist and producer Steve Rodby from 1981 to 2010, and drummer Paul Wertico from 1983 to 2001, after which Antonio Sanchez ...
As of 2017, McLaughlin is married to his fourth wife, Ina Behrend. [69] They had a son in 1998. [70] Since the late 1980s, he has lived in Monaco. [71] McLaughlin is a pescetarian. [72] McLaughlin, alongside Behrend, supports a Palestinian music therapy organization, Al-Mada, who run a program called "For My Identity I Sing".
Mark Egan (born January 14, 1951, in Brockton, Massachusetts) [1] is an American jazz bassist and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the Gil Evans Orchestra. [2] He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elements.
In the early 1970s, Pastorius taught bass at the University of Miami, where he befriended jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, who was on the school's faculty. With Paul Bley and Bruce Ditmas, Pastorius and Metheny recorded an untitled album, Jaco in 1974. [13] Pastorius then played on Metheny's debut album, Bright Size Life (ECM, 1976). [14]
In late 1996, he collaborated with guitarist Pat Metheny on the album Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories), exploring the music that influenced them in their childhood experiences in, respectively southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri, with what Haden called "contemporary impressionistic Americana". Haden was awarded his first Grammy award ...
In 2002 Bona went on a world tour with the Pat Metheny Group. The release of the successful Speaking of Now album that year had marked a profound change in the group's direction by adding younger musicians to the band, notably with Bona as bassist, vocalist, guitarist and percussionist, along with drummer Antonio Sánchez and trumpet player ...