Pat Metheny's Unity Group is perfectly named because, in its quintet lineup even more so than the original quartet, the group's approach brings together every musical element the famed guitarist has ...

Guitarist/composer Pat Metheny felt the urge to make a more traditional record with a horn plus rhythm section when he assembled what became the Unity Band in 2012. Everyone was having such a great ...

Pat Metheny is no stranger to success, or to Strathmore. The 59-year-old performer returns to The Music Center in North Bethesda on Friday, this time with 20 Grammy Awards under his belt.On tour once ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny has built a mainstream audience not only through the accessibility of his music, but also through ...

Metheny opened with a solo on his 42-string Pikasso guitar, a Hydra-headed invention with a very delicate harp-like upper register. Watching him grapple in the gloom made for a dramatic start, but the ...

From his earliest entry into the spotlight as a member of Gary Burton’s group some 40 years back, Pat Metheny has displayed a seemingly insatiable hunger for new experiences within the broader ...

The Unity Sessions works as both epilogue and re-examination for guitarist Pat Metheny. It chronicles the seemingly completed chapter of the jazz journeyman’s Unity Band, the traditionally designed ...

Metheny, with three gold albums and multiple Grammys to his credit, is 60 but could pass for 45. Opening solo on his famous double-necked guitar — one of several he played, electric and acoustic — he ...

When Pat Metheny released his first album 40 years ago, he was a frizzy-haired wunderkind from the Midwest, perfectly poised to reach a vast audience looking for the next visionary guitarist. An ...

Jazz guitar and deep compositions are Pat Metheny's bag. He's been at it for decades, growing as a player and as a writer while bringing equally monstrous musicians along for the ride.