Pat Metheny – Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone) – Jazz in Marciac 2003, sheet music, Noten, spartiti.

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After developing his technique at an astonishing speed, studying classic jazz masters such as guitarists Wes Montgomery and Charlie Christian, at the age of fifteen he won a scholarship for talented young musicians donated by “Downbeat” magazine and then entered, also awarded a scholarship to the University of Miami. Shortly after, at the age of 19, he was already teaching guitar classes at the prestigious Berklee School of Music academy in Boston, and among his students were Al Di Meola and Mike Stern.

Pat Metheny

Patrick Brucce Metheny, real name of the guitarist and composer, Pat Metheny, (Lee’s Summit, Missouri; August 12, 1954), was considered a child prodigy from his childhood. His brother, the trumpeter, Mike Metheny, introduced him to jazz and at the age of 12 he picked up a guitar for the first time.

At the University of Miami, Pat Metheny met what would later become the legendary bassist, Jaco Pastorius. In 1975, Metheny, Pastorius and drummer Bob Moses recorded the first album led by Pat Metheny, “Bright Size Life”, for the ECM label. But it was when vibraphonist Gary Burton, whom he had met at Berklee, asked him to join his band that Pat Metheny began to gain some recognition among his colleagues and the specialized public.

Two years later, with the arrival of keyboardist Lyle Mays, the idea of ​​forming a group began to germinate, which was completed with the incorporation of bassist, Mark Egan, and drummer, Dan Gottlieb. The “Pat Metheny Group”, its current formation, quickly became very popular – except for jazz purists – for its complex and attractive fusion of jazz and folk. In the eighties, in addition to recording some works of great jazz value, such as “Offramp” (ECM-1981); “Rejoicing” (ECM-1984), to repetitive records like First Circle, Pat Metheny left the ECM label and went on to record for EMI first and for “Geffen” later, a more pop and rock-oriented label. In the early years of the eighties, Pat Metheny’s musical image was already formed and consolidated.

Metheny has to his credit the fact of having played with great jazz figures such as Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, or Jack DeJohnette. He has also won numerous Grammy Awards and is considered one of the great contemporary jazz guitarists. Among his numerous and prolific discography, the following stand out: “Offramps” (1981), “Travels” (1982); “First Circle” (1984); “Song X” (with Ornette Coleman, 1985); “Still Life” (Talking) (1987); “Question and Anvers” (1989) and “We Live Here” (1995).

Question and Answer – Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny (guitar), Dave Holland (b), and Roy Haynes (dm).

A great album by one of the best contemporary jazz musicians, the daring, witty and creative, Pat Metheny. Perhaps “Question and Anwers” is one of his most “classic” jazz albums by the great guitarist and given the company he sought: The double bassist, Dave Holland, and the drummer, Roy Haynes. The trio creates intimate music that is, at the same time, passionate and intense. The version of the Miles Davis song stands out: “Solar”. The standards are very well versioned. The LP is the German original from 1989.