Pat Metheny's Unity Group is perfectly named because, in its quintet lineup even more so than the original quartet, the group's approach brings together every musical element the famed guitarist has ...

Metheny opened with a solo on his 42-string Pikasso guitar, a Hydra-headed invention with a very delicate harp-like upper register. Watching him grapple in the gloom made for a dramatic start, but the ...

What's in a name? First there was the Unity Band in 2012; after several years of collaborations, solo work and small ensembles, the ever-restless Pat Metheny decided it was time for a steady quartet ...

When he reinstated sax into his lineup for the first time in more than three decades with the Unity Band album in 2012, Pat Metheny produced a wonderfully satisfying piece of work. With the followup ...

Pat Metheny Unity Group Few jazz guitarists can match Metheny in sheer talent and ability; fewer still in influence. With his newest Unity Group, he continues to do what he’s done his whole ...

From his earliest entry into the spotlight as a member of Gary Burton’s group some 40 years back, Pat Metheny has displayed a seemingly insatiable hunger for new experiences within the broader ...

The Detroit Jazz Festival has been around, under one name or another, for 33 years. And Pat Metheny has missed all of them. But, the guitarist contends, it's nothing personal. It's more about "when it ...

Jazz-rock fusion takes center stage in West Orange as Luna Stage pays homage this weekend to Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin and other jazz-rock pioneers. The Mahavishnu Project, which performs Saturday ...

Intense and often aggressive, Pat Metheny's 65-minute piece "The Way Up" was played in its entirety to open his 2¾-hour show at Universal. It is as challenging a composition as Metheny and his partner ...

Guitarist Pat Metheny has been at the top of his craft for 40 years — since he first hit the Jazz chart Top 10 with his 1979 album “New Chautauqua.” Since then, he’s had more than two dozen more ...

Pat Metheny The Unity Sessions finds the 20 time Grammy winning guitarist and the youngest member of the Downbeat Hall of Fame at the helm of one of his best bands ever as they wrap up a 150 date ...