Pat Metheny began his long affair with the guitar as a late bloomer, only first coming to the instrument at age 13. But only eight years later, he released Bright Size Life (1975), the stellar debut, which along with the late great John Francis (Jaco) Pastorius on Bass, set the musical terms for which Metheny would long be known: understated tonality, mid-west prairie influences, askance phrasing, and an improvisational sense of risk that applies with equal fervor to both Metheny's own compositions and his re-imagining of others. Upon forming his group -- which originally boasted Lyle Mays (keyboards), Mark Egan (bass), and Danny Gottlieb (drums) -- in 1978, Metheny then had all the pieces he needed to launch an arena-filling instrumental jazz career. Over the next three decades, Metheny collaborated with giants like Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau and many more, including such vocalists as Celine Dion, David Bowie, Anna Maria Jopek and Silje Neergard, both from Denmark. Metheny goes through several percussionists, Horn musicians, Bassists and other collaborators within his main band, but remains close to his Keyboardist, Lyle Mays, with whom he sometimes co-composes and co-produces many of his albums.
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