Artist artifact
Pat Metheny
Guitarist-composer spanning lyrical fusion, chamber projects, and long-form group writing with a recognizable singing tone.
Biography
Guitarist-composer spanning lyrical fusion, chamber projects, and long-form group writing with a recognizable singing tone.
Influence
Brought jazz guitar to festival-scale popularity without fully surrendering to smooth formulas; Pat Metheny Group albums taught melody-first fusion.
Historical context
Guitarist-composer spanning lyrical fusion, chamber projects, and long-form group writing with a recognizable singing tone. Brought jazz guitar to festival-scale popularity without fully surrendering to smooth formulas; Pat Metheny Group albums taught melody-first fusion. He has collaborated from Ornette Coleman to David Bowie—proof of a guitarist fluent across camps.
Associated instruments
- Electric Guitar
- Synthesizer Guitar
- Composition
Specimen note
He has collaborated from Ornette Coleman to David Bowie—proof of a guitarist fluent across camps.