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Pat Metheny Group
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(1977 – present)
The Pat Metheny Group is a jazz band founded in 1977.
Core members of the group are guitarist and leader Pat Metheny, keyboard player and pianist Lyle Mays, and bassist Steve Rodby who joined in 1980. The group has had many additional personnel come and go over the years. Drummer Paul Wertico was a long lasting member of the group, whose tenure lasted from 1983 until 2001. The current members are Pat Metheny (guitars), Lyle Mays (piano and keyboards), Steve Rodby (double bass, electric bass), Antonio Sanchez (drums), Cuong Vu (trumpet), Grégoire Maret (harmonica, percussion, vocals) and Nando Lauria (guitar, percussion, vocals).
Founder Pat Metheny came onto the jazz fusion scene in the mid-1970s with a pair of solo albums; the latter of these, 1977’s Watercolors, featured keyboard player Lyle Mays. Metheny’s follow-up album formalized this arrangement, featuring several songs co-written with Mays; the album was released as the self-titled Pat Metheny Group on the ECM record label. The second group album, American Garage (1980), was a breakout hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and crossing over onto the pop charts as well, largely on the strength of the up-tempo opening track “(Cross the) Heartland” which would become a signature tune for the group. This early incarnation of the group included Dan Gottlieb (drums) and Mark Egan (bass). The group built upon its success through constant touring across the USA and Europe. The early group featured a unique sound, particularly due to Metheny’s Gibson ES-175 guitar and Mays’ Oberheim synthesizer and Yamaha Organ. Even in this early state the band played in a wide range of styles from experimental to grassroots.
Core members of the group are guitarist and leader Pat Metheny, keyboard player and pianist Lyle Mays, and bassist Steve Rodby who joined in 1980. The group has had many additional personnel come and go over the years. Drummer Paul Wertico was a long lasting member of the group, whose tenure lasted from 1983 until 2001. The current members are Pat Metheny (guitars), Lyle Mays (piano and keyboards), Steve Rodby (double bass, electric bass), Antonio Sanchez (drums), Cuong Vu (trumpet), Grégoire Maret (harmonica, percussion, vocals) and Nando Lauria (guitar, percussion, vocals).
Founder Pat Metheny came onto the jazz fusion scene in the mid-1970s with a pair of solo albums; the latter of these, 1977’s Watercolors, featured keyboard player Lyle Mays. Metheny’s follow-up album formalized this arrangement, featuring several songs co-written with Mays; the album was released as the self-titled Pat Metheny Group on the ECM record label. The second group album, American Garage (1980), was a breakout hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and crossing over onto the pop charts as well, largely on the strength of the up-tempo opening track “(Cross the) Heartland” which would become a signature tune for the group. This early incarnation of the group included Dan Gottlieb (drums) and Mark Egan (bass). The group built upon its success through constant touring across the USA and Europe. The early group featured a unique sound, particularly due to Metheny’s Gibson ES-175 guitar and Mays’ Oberheim synthesizer and Yamaha Organ. Even in this early state the band played in a wide range of styles from experimental to grassroots.
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Pat Metheny Group cover - Au Lait
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Pat Metheny Group - Phase Dance (live)
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Slip Away - Pat Metheny Group
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pat metheny group - we live here
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warmax wrote:
As Falls Wichita,So Falls Wichita Falls & Secret Story-the best
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doceasubio wrote:
PAF!!!! unnngaAA
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jplovecraft wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/group/Jazz+en+Espa%C3%B1ol
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Surfage wrote:
Offramp and Full Circle are by far my favorite albums
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Cenirah wrote:
Pat Metheny é um dos melhores músicos de todos os tempos.
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Goncalo_A wrote:
I am keen on "We live here" album :D
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wojcik2202 wrote:
my loved album is exellent song yes yes is... still life bravo pat!
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прелестно..
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claudi123 wrote:
its evereytime beautiful to hear after so many years
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SongsArePretty wrote:
This is possibly the most creative and beautiful music I've ever heard.
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cfeaugas wrote:
benthekilla, try return to forever or any chick corea, mahavishnu orchestra, etc. also jaco pastorius...
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benthekilla wrote:
i'm trying to get into more jazz groups. i'm looking for something really modern, like "the way up". any sugestions?
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chillionaire wrote:
"Kurt Elling's vocal rendition of Minuano is excellent." Agreed!
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zanzanzawaveia wrote:
shakespeare
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SunkenState wrote:
Kurt Elling's vocal rendition of Minuano is excellent. I highly recommend it if you haven't heard it.
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zackgress wrote:
Have you heard is great. I'm a big fan of the song Epic on American Garage though... hehehe
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patek4 wrote:
I was playing Third Wind in Pat's similar artists radio and it stopped in the middle and played the next track?
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chillionaire wrote:
have yo heard is... epic :P
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sirblueskies wrote:
Yes U are right Mr. kevinsthirdarm when you asked about ¿no love for the roots of coincidence? .. Yeah i have to admmit that song is one of my favorite ones. You should have been when i listened it live in Mexico´s concert during year 2002. I'm convinced that Pat Metheny Group is one of the most creative, experimental & representative jazz fusion band of our times. So share its music everywher
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sirblueskies wrote:
I saw PMG live Mexico city Nov 2002. It's one of my best concert experiences ever had. They are simply unbeliavable. Full of spirited brightness. They transmit great carismatic & friendly feelings through music to the audience. We were all surprised and so happy when Pat introduced as his official drummer to Mr. Antonio Sánchez from México. Many of us now miss the band this much so come back soo
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