Pat Metheny
| Pat Metheny | |
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Metheny in Barcelona, Spain, 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Patrick Bruce Metheny |
| Born |
August 12, 1954 Lee's Summit, Missouri, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, world, experimental, avant-garde |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Labels | ECM, Geffen, Warner, Nonesuch |
| Associated acts | Gary Burton, Pat Metheny Group, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Antonio Sánchez |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Roland GR-300 guitar synthesizer, Synclavier guitar synthesizer, Pikasso guitar, Ibanez miniature soprano Pat Metheny signature model ('86), Metheny-Manzer Signature 6 | |
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny (/məˈθiːni/ mə-THEE-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. Metheny has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards and is the only person to win Grammys in ten different categories. He is the brother of jazz flugelhornist and journalist Mike Metheny.
Metheny was born and raised in Lee's Summit, Missouri, a suburb southeast of Kansas City. At age 15, he won a Down Beat scholarship to a one-week jazz camp and was mentored by guitarist Attila Zoller. Zoller invited the young Metheny to New York City to see Jim Hall and Ron Carter. Following his graduation from Lee's Summit High School, Metheny briefly attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida in 1972, where he was offered a teaching position. He then moved to Boston to take a teaching assistantship at the Berklee College of Music with jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton. He established a reputation as a prodigy when he was with Burton.
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