Nov 23, 2022 1:19 PM
Readers Poll Winner / Pat Metheny Gets Lost In Translation
For someone named Guitarist of the Year in the 2022 DownBeat Readers Poll, Pat Metheny has a complicated relationship…
Nov 23, 2022 1:19 PM
For someone named Guitarist of the Year in the 2022 DownBeat Readers Poll, Pat Metheny has a complicated relationship…
Dec 7, 2021 1:44 PM
In mid-March 2020, Pat Metheny and his band flew into South America from the Asia-Pacific, just days after his latest…
Nov 30, 2021 1:21 PM
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards. While there are plenty of potential…
Oct 19, 2021 2:08 PM
Though reduced to just a third of its usual capacity, the 64th Monterey Jazz Festival (Sept. 24–26) somehow pushed…
Jul 27, 2021 10:55 AM
It was in his darkest hour, during the early stages of the 2020 lockdown, that guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli…
Jun 15, 2021 11:43 AM
In what has to be billed as the great jazz reopening, festivals are coming back online, many with late-breaking plans…
Dec 31, 2020 8:44 AM
In 2020, DownBeat sought to cover the breadth of jazz, while also working to represent what was going on in the country…
Dec 21, 2020 11:05 AM
A conversation with Pat Metheny is similar to one of his shows: Some parts seem carefully constructed, while others are…
Nov 16, 2020 10:23 AM
DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 85th Annual Readers Poll.
Readers have voted to induct…
Aug 4, 2020 8:07 AM
Guitarist Pat Metheny forged a singular and instantly recognizable sound during his relationship with the ECM label.
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Mar 30, 2020 2:33 PM
In a remote cabin about 20 miles from the nearest village, pianist and composer Romain Collin hunkers down.
Weeks…
Nov 16, 2020 9:40 AM
During the first day of recording for From This Place, guitarist Pat Metheny’s new album on Nonesuch, the 20-time…
Dec 9, 2020 3:54 PM
Lyle Mays, the keyboardist who spent a significant portion of his career recording and performing as a member of the…
Dec 20, 2019 1:54 PM
On Nov. 6, Newark’s jazz public radio station, WBGO, marked a milestone by throwing itself a 40th anniversary party.…
Dec 4, 2019 8:32 PM
Evgeny Pobozhiy, a 30-year-old from Seversk, Russia, took first place at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz…
Oct 29, 2019 9:36 AM
A search for the heart of the ECM Records operation leads to a small, quiet space located on the second floor of a…
Sep 4, 2019 9:13 PM
The 40th annual Detroit Jazz Festival over Labor Day weekend was a smorgasbord of style, spanning Detroit blues, North…
Aug 9, 2019 5:55 PM
During the 43rd Umbria Jazz Festival, which ran July 11–21 in Perugia, Italy, crowds gathered in the streets for free…
Apr 13, 2020 1:26 PM
Jazz pianism today stands at an apex.
There have been other moments in the music’s history when innovation rushed…
May 31, 2019 9:18 AM
Linda May Han Oh has gotten used to carrying her double bass up the four flights of stairs to the Harlem walk-up she…
May 2, 2019 4:18 PM
Dave Samuels, a master mallet player whose primary instruments were vibraphone and marimba, died on April 22 in New…
Jan 31, 2019 10:57 AM
Gary Burton’s new release encapsulates a remarkable, unprecedented career. In his first interview in about two years,…
Jan 10, 2019 12:08 PM
An intense and unrelenting rainstorm pummeled Rhode Island all day Saturday, taking some of the luster off the 2018…
May 12, 2018 6:22 PM
“We’re all partners in time. And this music makes time our friend, not an implacable foe,” said Grammy-winning…
Nov 6, 2017 9:13 PM
At the 14th annual Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden, a memorable highlight was the programming on Oct.…
Jul 26, 2018 4:59 PM
Up at the lovely and artistically rewarding Molde Jazz Festival in Norway (boasting status as one of Europe’s oldest…
Jul 28, 2017 11:24 AM
Vijay Iyer has done more than his share in the contemporary cause of musical border-crossing and idiom-fusing in—and…
Jul 5, 2017 1:07 PM
Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, Todd Barkan and Joanne Brackeen have joined the ranks of the nation’s highest honor in…
Apr 12, 2017 3:27 PM
Whether through the use of layered synths or the one-man symphony of his mechanical Orchestrion, Pat Metheny has long…
Mar 13, 2017 3:53 PM
Guitarist Joel Harrison hit on an inspired notion in 2011 when he decided to gather his favorite on-the-fringe and…
Feb 28, 2017 3:41 PM
The DC Jazz Festival has announced the addition of Pat Metheny to its illustrious lineup of headliners.
The…
Dec 15, 2016 10:41 AM
For more than 30 years now, the illustrious and versatile Los Angeles Guitar Quartet has earned its bragging rights as…
Oct 28, 2016 12:32 PM
On Oct. 20, guitarist Pat Metheny appeared at the University of Denver to oversee the performance of Road To The Sun, a…
Oct 28, 2016 12:28 PM
Many musicians have played Pat Metheny’s music over the decades, but few could say that he has composed something…
Oct 10, 2016 3:53 PM
Pat Metheny startled many longtime fans by actually taking some time off last year, but the prolific and restlessly…
Sep 28, 2016 11:21 AM
SFJAZZ launched its 2016–’17 season with a members-only Opening Night gathering on Sept. 8. The four-hour event…
Aug 23, 2016 10:27 AM
Aside from being one of the world’s oldest jazz gatherings, the Molde Jazz Festival, which turned 56 this year, is…
Aug 12, 2016 1:35 PM
Over the course of its 44-year history, Umbria Jazz has evolved into a true people’s festival. The charming Italian…
Mar 28, 2016 10:48 AM
Coming off a banner year that included a stint as artist-in-residence for the Detroit Jazz Festival, guitarist Pat…