in Birmingham, Alabama. The Jemison Concert Hall was an ideal venue for a show like this one, which required pristine acoustics and a warm yet artsy atmosphere. Metheny, 56, performed for more than ...

Strangely enough, the release of Kin (—>) may be the one that most polarizes longtime fans of guitarist Pat Metheny. There are those who feel that, beginning with 2005's last recording with his ...

Thursday’s blazing quartet performance by Pat Metheny’s Unity Band reset the limits for what you think four musicians can do. By incorporating elements of his fantastical orchestrion into the latter ...

Is it possible to love, or even enjoy, every one of the 40-something recordings released by guitarist Pat Metheny? Many of the titles released by his Pat Metheny Group are too genteel for me, but they ...

Pat Metheny is one of the famous names in jazz, even to people who don’t follow jazz. Here’s the evidence: • He has won a ridiculous number of Grammy Awards: 19, and not just for jazz. He has won ...

Pat Metheny is one of the most enduring and critically-acclaimed jazz musicians of the past four decades. The innovative guitarist and composer has consistently pushed the envelope artistically and he ...

2 Interview: Ben Forster on His New Album, MUSICALS GREATEST HITS See Pat Metheny and the Unity Band at bergenPAC located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey on Monday, July 30th at ...

Pat Metheny’s shown a predilection to jump from project to project during his lauded 40-year-plus career. But the master guitarist enjoyed his Unity Band so much that he decided to keep it, well, ...

The Pat Metheny Unity Group thankfully lived up to its name Saturday night. Considering the complexity of many of its arrangements, had the group not been fully unified, it would have been a jumbled ...

At the Lobero on Wednesday, guitarist Pat Metheny showed why he’s become one of the most respected and influential musicians in contemporary jazz. While never leaving his core strength as a player ...