Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny

Birth : 1954-08-12, Summit, Missouri, USA

History

Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny, born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit, Missouri, is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is one of the most successful jazz musicians. And since the mid 1970s so was he perfoming as The Pat Metheny Group whit the pianist Lyle Mays by his side untill 2006.

Profile

Pat Metheny

Movies

Ennio
Self
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
Walter Hus, a Musical Journey
Himself
During his thirty-year career, Walter Hus, a Belgian composer and pianist, has taken a thousand musical faces. While he wanted to compose a new work, a crisis blocked his creation. During an exchange with his therapist, he comes to an existential question: "Who am I musically? » Through the portrait of this composer, as abundant as it is fascinating, the film aims to give access to his creative process and thus to the endurance and beauty of creation.
Filmen Om Esbjörn Svensson
Self - Guitarist
Eberhard Weber: The Jubilee Concert
A concert in honor of Eberhard Weber's 75th birthday. Weber performs in this concert with big names like Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek, and others.
Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions
electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synth, electronics, orchestrionics, synths
Pat Metheny - The Unity Sessions' finds the 20 time Grammy winning guitarist and the youngest member of the Downbeat Hall of Fame at the helm of one of his best bands ever as they wrap up a 150 date world tour with an intimate studio performance filmed in a small New York City theater. Featuring new performances of music from the Grammy winning 'Unity Band' record, the expansive 'Unity Group KIN' recording, and touchstones from the entirety of Metheny's illustrious career, these are essential performances that serve as a rare visual documentation of some of the best music of Metheny's ever expanding career.
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
Original Music Composer
Spain, 1966. An English teacher who travels to Almería when he hears that John Lennon is making a film there befriends with a 16-year-old boy who has run away from home and a young girl who also seems to be running away from something.
Pat Metheny - The Orchestrion Project
With this project Pat Metheny has created a whole new way to make music. Based on a childhood fascination with his grandfather's player piano, Metheny commissioned new inventors to build an exciting array of acoustic mechanical musical instruments capable of responding to his touch on the guitar, resulting in a completely unique approach to solo performance.
Pat Metheny -The Making Of The Orchestrion Project
DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live
Himself
Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden - The Missouri Sky Duets Live
Himself
Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy
Himself
Throughout his career, Haden has constantly sought to transcend the boundaries of modern music. Widely considered to be among the greatest ever jazz bassists, Haden has contributed pivotal music to a stunning scope of genres: avant-garde, small group, big band, world music, folk and gospel, to name but a few. From the get-go it was clear for both director and subject that the film had to go beyond the generic filmed music story: an intimate look at the music and life of one of Jazz’ most inspiring and influential musicians. With access to Haden’s own personal archive, film sequences shot during concerts and recording sessions, interviews with an incredible selection of friends and collaborators and great archival footage, the documentary will please diehard jazz fans as well as the newly initiated.
Pat Metheny: Secret Story
Guitar
Pat Metheny took his 1992 album Secret Story on a concert tour, and a video recording of a live performance at New Brunswick, New Jersey, was issued. This film, also called Secret Story, was re-released on DVD in 2001.
Anna Maria Jopek & Pat Metheny - Upojenie
Himself
The 2002 album Upojenie, may be Pat Metheny's most unique and, for many listeners, least well-known project. The guitarist collaborates with popular Polish singer and keyboardist Anna Maria Jopek backed by a group of Polish musicians.
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau Quartet - Live in San Sebastian
Self
Imprisoned in Peru
Music
The film deals with Tove's ups and downs while serving 7 years for cocaine trafficking in Lima, Peru.
Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up - Live
Guitars
Pat Metheny is one of the most original and distinctive guitarists of modern times. Together with long time collaborator and keyboards player Lyle Mays he founded the Pat Metheny Group in 1978. Instantly successful, they have established themselves at the forefront of jazz-rock fusion with a succession of best selling albums and sell out world tours. This new DVD, filmed in late 2005, features the full concert version of his most recent album "The Way Up", which earned Pat Metheny Group their 10th Grammy Award® and Metheny personally his 17th. Tracklisting 1. Opening 2. Part One 3. Part Two 4. Part Three Bonus Features Interview with Pat Metheny (22 mins). Band Biographies.
Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up - Live
Producer
Pat Metheny is one of the most original and distinctive guitarists of modern times. Together with long time collaborator and keyboards player Lyle Mays he founded the Pat Metheny Group in 1978. Instantly successful, they have established themselves at the forefront of jazz-rock fusion with a succession of best selling albums and sell out world tours. This new DVD, filmed in late 2005, features the full concert version of his most recent album "The Way Up", which earned Pat Metheny Group their 10th Grammy Award® and Metheny personally his 17th. Tracklisting 1. Opening 2. Part One 3. Part Two 4. Part Three Bonus Features Interview with Pat Metheny (22 mins). Band Biographies.
Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up (Live In Montreal)
Himself
Pat Metheny Trio - Estival Jazz Lugano
Pat Metheny Group - Speaking Of Now Live
Guitar
Prolific jazz guitarist Metheny and his group launch a tight, intense, uplifting and musically complex assortment of sounds in this fine concert performance. The band features Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Richard Bona, Cuong Vu, Antonio Sanchez. One of the most acclaimed jazz guitarists of his generation, Pat Metheny is captured here live in concert. Always pushing himself to the very boundaries of musical invention, Metheny and his band pull together a taut, intense set of songs that are both complex and highly enjoyable. Tracks include "Go Get It," "The Gathering Sky," "Scrap Metal," "Are You Going With Me?" and many more.
Imaginative Esoteric Sounds
Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden - Live Jazzwoche Burghausen
Dominic Miller Project: Live at Jazzbaltica 2003
Guitar
Pat Metheny Quartet: Live at Jazzbaltica 2003
Himself
Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here Live In Japan
Guitars
Led by Pat Metheny--virtuoso guitarist, composer and producer--the eight member Pat Metheny Group perform their jazz fusion stylings live in Japan. Nominated for 23 Grammys in his career, Metheny and his group continue to push the envelope of jazz, leaving true believers in their wake. Tracks: Have You Heard, And Then I Knew, Here to Stay, First Circle, Scrap Metal, Farmer's Trust, Episode D'Azur, Third Wind, This Is Not America, Antonia, To the End of the World, Minuano (Six-Eight), Stranger in Town. 110 minutes.
A Map of the World
Original Music Composer
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
Pat Metheny Trio: Live At Umbria Jazz Festival
Guitar
Setlist 1. Turnaround 2. James 3. The Good Life 4. Unity Village 5. All the Things You Are 6. Into the Dream 7. So May It Secretly Begin 8. Question and Answer 9. Faith Healer 10. A Map of the World 11. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 12. Waltz for Ruth 13. Lone Jack
Pat Metheny Group: Imaginary Day Live
Guitars
Pat Metheny Group. Now if you were a fan, I wouldn't need to say any more. That name is a synonym of great jazz music and professional musician who has something on their heart.
Pat Metheny Group: Imaginary Day Live
Producer
Pat Metheny Group. Now if you were a fan, I wouldn't need to say any more. That name is a synonym of great jazz music and professional musician who has something on their heart.
Joshua Redman 'Wish' Quartet: Live by the sea
Guitar
Pat Metheny Group - More Travels
Himself
Recorded during a 1992/3 world tour.
Live Under The Sky
Himself
Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert
Jack DeJohnette - Drums, Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Dave Holland - Bass, Pat Metheney - Guitars. For the first time, these four masterful musicians come together to form a jazz group most people would never expect to see happen. Taking their collaborations around the world, they toured Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States, performing concerts and festivals to sold out audiences and rave reviews. On June 23, 1990, this extraordinary group performed two concerts at the Mellon Jazz Festival at the Philadelphia Academy of music. Both shows were filmed and have been carefully edited to create a technically flawless video of a truly "once in a lifetime" event. All of the songs were selected with great care, as might be expected from a band of this caliber.
Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival)
Guitar
Ornette Coleman and Prime Time & Pat Metheny: Live in Montreal
Self
Lemon Sky
Original Music Composer
An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his past may not be as easy as he had hoped...or is it all a dream?
The Tender Age
Music
Tim Donovan, a juvenile probation officer for the city of Boston, is assigned the case of Nikki, a troubled teenage girl who's been arrested for Assault & Battery. Tim quickly falls under the attractive Nikki's spell, convinced her delinquency is deep-rooted, and sets out to uncover the truth.
Twice in a Lifetime
Music
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy barmaid--and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
The Falcon and the Snowman
Music
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Shadows and Light
Pat Metheny (Lead Guitar)
Joni Mitchell's 1970s and '80s forays into jazzier territory may have distressed her folkie faithful, but they also resulted in some uncompromising, challenging, and, yes, entertaining music. Witness this 73-minute document from her '79 tour, which finds her backed by her greatest band ever. Mitchell's The Hissing of Summer Lawns-Hejira-Mingus period is heavily favored; there are two tunes from Court and Spark, but nothing earlier. It's not perfect--the film clips edited into the live tracks (at Mitchell's direction) are an annoying distraction (Rebel Without a Cause? Huh?). But by the time Mitchell, Mays, and vocal group the Persuasions finish a spine-tingling version of the title song, you'll have witnessed something special--and historic, as this was the only time this stellar crew toured together. --Sam Graham