Mark Small (*) pays tribute to the massively influential guitarist and educator Mick Goodrick. On 16 November 2022, American jazz guitarist Mick Goodrick, a sought-after performer and educator who deeply impacted three […]
Interview: Philip Watson, author of “Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer” (published 17 Mar)
Philip Watson’s biography “Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music” will be published by Faber on 17 March 2022. Philip Watson has been a prolific feature […]
Ten Tracks by Derek Bailey I Can’t Do Without… by Dr. Stephen Tromans
In the latest of our series in which musicians write about their sources of inspiration, the pianist, composer, and philosopher Steve Tromans writes about his long-term admiration for, and association with, the […]
Pat Metheny’s ‘Sirabhorn’: an interview with the dedicatee
Sirabhorn, one of the tunes on the new Pat Metheny album, Side Eye V1.IV, is dedicated to – and named after – a student of Metheny’s from his days at Berklee in the mid-1970s. The […]
Pat Metheny – ‘Side Eye – NYC (v1.iv)’
Pat Metheny, Side eye – NYC (v1.iv) (BMG . Album review by Jon Turney) While I was weighing up this album a recent, very long, interview Rick Beato posted with Pat Metheny […]
10 Tracks By Pat Metheny I Can’t Live Without…by composer, pianist and broadcaster Simon Lasky
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, jazz composer, pianist and broadcaster Simon Lasky describes ten tracks by Pat Metheny. Simon writes: I […]
Tickets going on sale for Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye (12 Jun 2022, Eventim Apollo, London)
Serious are announcing that tickets for Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye trio at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, on Sunday 12 June 2022, will go on sale on Thursday 29 April 2021 at 10am […]
#IWD2021: journalist Annie Yanbékian
Annie Yanbékian is one of France’s leading jazz journalists. She works for France TV in Paris, where she produces online content about jazz musicians…and a broader spectrum of music as well. In […]
Pat Metheny – ‘Road to the Sun’
Pat Metheny – Road to the Sun(Modern Recordings / BMG. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) The first thing to know about this album is that it’s classical guitar and, apart from strumming on […]
Pat Metheny: eleven ECM albums now available in HD audio
ECM has announced that Pat Metheny’s eleven albums for ECM from the period 1976-1984 are available in HD Audio, as from 31 July 2020. “The main premise in digitizing the Pat Metheny […]
Pat Metheny – “From This Place”
Pat Metheny – From This Place (Nonesuch 075597924374 CD review by Peter Bacon) There is only one Pat Metheny but I remember a time when there were two Pat Metheny audiences. There was […]