Pat Metheny is a Grammy Award winning jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side ventures including the Side-Eye Project an excerpt of which is included in this playlist. His style incorporates elements of progressive jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. Metheny has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards and is the only person to win Grammys in ten different categories.
The long list of his collaborators includes Gary Burton, Ornette Coleman, Bill Frisell, Billy Higgins, Charlie Haden, Chick Corea, Lyle Mays, Dave Holland, Brad Mehldau, Dewey Redman, Eberhard Weber, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, Jaco Pastorius, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Joshua Redman, Marc Johnson, Michael Brecker, Mick Goodrick, Roy Haynes, Steve Swallow, and Tony Williams.
