Category Pat Metheny
Hejira @ The Exchange, 13 June 2024
Joni Mitchell’s complex compositions – utilising unique guitar tunings and dramatic melodic leaps – have at times posed problems for musicians and critics alike, especially during the period when she flirted with the ‘J’ word between 1974 and 1982, roughly from Court And Spark to Wild Things Run Fast. As such she may be the […]
Book Review: Pat Metheny (The ECM Years 1975-1984) by Mervyn Cooke
You know the guy: long, bushy hair, beatific grin, jeans, sneakers, long-sleeved T-shirt, usually rhapsodizing intensely via some kind of guitar gizmo. Despite his many stylistic detours, Pat Metheny is a brand all right, and his music inspires a devotion and attendant sales profile that has rarely – if ever – been afforded to ‘jazz’ […]
Sounds Of Surprise 