Pat Metheny

Japanese gems, maligned boybands and ‘the Dan’: the best old music Guardian writers discovered this year

In a good year for rummaging through back catalogues, our writers have been delighted by everything from a A1’s embrace of soft rock to the Marvelettes’ ageless glee

Tayyab Amin, Rachel Aroesti, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Michael Cragg, Tara Joshi, Christine Ochefu, Alexis Petridis, Jude Rogers, Dave Simpson, Laura Snapes

23, Dec, 2021 @10:00 AM

Pat Metheny: Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

Metheny’s new trio, with the formidable James Francies on piano and Marcus Gilmore on drums, provoke rapture in this live set

John Fordham

10, Sep, 2021 @7:30 AM

The 10 best jazz albums of 2020

Alongside archive recordings from Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, and inventive new releases by Maria Schneider and Carla Bley, 2020 had plenty of spectacular fusions

John Fordham

21, Dec, 2020 @10:00 AM

Pat Metheny: From This Place review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

Metheny’s superb band crack through his postbop experiments, unrehearsed, and the addition of orchestral arrangements broadens the appeal

John Fordham

06, Mar, 2020 @8:30 AM

Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny review – jazz with an exploratory spirit

John Fordham

26, May, 2016 @5:40 PM

Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions review – everything flows beautifully

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Dave Gelly

15, May, 2016 @7:00 AM

Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek and others: Hommage a Eberhard Weber review – heartfelt 75th birthday tribute

A trio of jazz aristocracts gang up to pay tribute to the German bassist and composer on the occasion of his 75th birthday

John Fordham

08, Oct, 2015 @5:30 PM

Pat Metheny: 10 of the best

Here, to celebrate the jazz guitarist turning 60, are 10 of his greatest musical moments, from samba-tinged Beatles, to TV-ad favourites, to noise wigouts

John Lewis

12, Aug, 2014 @12:28 PM