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The 64th Monterey Jazz Festival

The year 2020 tarnished the Monterey Jazz Festival’s revered reputation as the world’s longest continuously running jazz festival (since 1958). Due to the pandemic, the … Read More “The 64th Monterey Jazz Festival”

Pat Metheny: Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)

Pat Metheny burst onto the jazz scene in the 1970s as a guitar wunderkind, playing in vibraphonist Gary Burton’s band before establishing a career as … Read More “Pat Metheny: Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern)”

Pat Metheny: From This Place (Nonesuch)

Never one to take the easy or expected path, Pat Metheny goes for three firsts on From This Place: the first recording of the quartet … Read More “Pat Metheny: From This Place (Nonesuch)”

Live Review: 2019 Detroit Jazz Festival

“Reunion” was the watchword for the 40th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, which welcomed back five of its former artists-in-residence for the occasion. But one unwelcome … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Detroit Jazz Festival”

Live Review: 2018 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

The themes of intergenerational support and the power of community rang loud and clear throughout the celebration of the 2018 class of NEA Jazz Masters, … Read More “Live Review: 2018 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert”

Review: Pat Metheny at the Mahaffey Theater

For those of a certain age and musical bent, recollecting certain life events is made easier by pointing to release dates of Pat Metheny albums. … Read More “Review: Pat Metheny at the Mahaffey Theater”

Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions

Pat Metheny has long been jazz’s most heroic guitarist, but he’s a guitar god with a definite and unabashed affinity for experimentation and the avant-garde. … Read More “Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions”

Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions

The Unity Sessions strives to capture the connections, both musical and extramusical, shared by the members of guitarist Pat Metheny’s most recent working group, the … Read More “Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions“

Pat Metheny: Hommage à Eberhard Weber

During the 1980s, guitarist-composer Pat Metheny became one of the most popular jazz musicians alive by leading a band whose melodies and textures seemed tailor-made … Read More “Pat Metheny: Hommage à Eberhard Weber”