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
music jazz poetic
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
night guitar icons
1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar.
littles way sound
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound
firsts theme peter
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
music worry too-much
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
art always-trying add
Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
i-can
The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.
music jazz environment
It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment.
different
To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it.
wind guy jazz
Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers...
music demand jazz
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.
swings order ideas
I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely rejected. I just don't see it as an idiomatic thing any more...To me, if jazz is anything, it's a process, and maybe a verb, but it's not a thing. It's a form that demands that you bring to it things athat are valuable to you, that are personal to you. That, for me, is a pretty serious distinction that doesn't have anything to do with blues, or swing, or any of these other things that tend to be listed as essentials in order for music to be jazz with a capital J.
country political musical
Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being discussed at best - at worst, those terms often serve as code words for what is in fact a cultural / political discussion more than a musical one.
player musician listeners
The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.