Pat Metheny is coming to Buffalo! October 25, 2007

Metheny's versatility is almost nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the
years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to
Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. He has been part of
a writing team with keyboardist Lyle Mays for more than twenty years - an
association that has been compared to the Lennon/McCartney and
Ellington/Strayhorn partnerships by critics and listeners alike. Methenys body of
work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic
instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces, with settings ranging from modern
jazz to rock to classical.

As well as being an accomplished musician, Metheny has also participated in the
academic arena as a music educator. At 18, he was the youngest teacher ever at the University of Miami. At 19, he became the youngest teacher ever at the Berklee
College of Music, where he also received an honorary doctorate more than twenty
years later (1996). He has also taught music workshops all over the world, from the
Dutch Royal Conservatory to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz to clinics in Asia
and South America. He has also been a true musical pioneer in the realm of
electronic music, and was one of the very first jazz musicians to treat the synthesizer
as a serious musical instrument. Years before the invention of MIDI technology,
Metheny was using the Synclavier as a composing tool. He also been instrumental in
the development of several new kinds of guitars such as the soprano acoustic guitar,
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