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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 7:30 PM // Hill Auditorium

An Evening with Pat Metheny

Performance
Photo credit: john peden
 

A 20-time Grammy winner, jazz guitar pioneer Pat Metheny is known worldwide for his phenomenal improvisational performances.

His trademark style reinvented the way a new generation of musicians plays the guitar. Metheny continually embraces new technology to evolve his sounds, even helping to develop new kinds of guitars along the way. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Milton Nascimento, and David Bowie. With brilliant compositions embracing everything from modern jazz to rock to classical, it’s no surprise that he was recently named a 2018 NEA Jazz Master — or that he was the youngest member and only the fourth guitarist to be inducted into the Downbeat Hall of Fame. He is joined by his longtime drummer Antonio Sánchez, Malaysian-Australian bassist Linda Oh, and British pianist Gwilym Simcock.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 7:30 PM
Hill Auditorium

An Evening with Pat Metheny

Performance

A 20-time Grammy winner, jazz guitar pioneer Pat Metheny is known worldwide for his phenomenal improvisational performances.

His trademark style reinvented the way a new generation of musicians plays the guitar. Metheny continually embraces new technology to evolve his sounds, even helping to develop new kinds of guitars along the way. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Milton Nascimento, and David Bowie. With brilliant compositions embracing everything from modern jazz to rock to classical, it’s no surprise that he was recently named a 2018 NEA Jazz Master — or that he was the youngest member and only the fourth guitarist to be inducted into the Downbeat Hall of Fame. He is joined by his longtime drummer Antonio Sánchez, Malaysian-Australian bassist Linda Oh, and British pianist Gwilym Simcock.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

SUPPORTING SPONSOR

  • Tom and Debby McMullen

FUNDED IN PART BY

  • JazzNet Endowment Fund

This concert is presented in memory of John Kennard, UMS’s longtime Director of Finance and Administration, and an ardent jazz lover, who passed away last spring.

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