Pat Metheny Musical artist

Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny (/məˈθiːni/ mə-THEE-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, post-bop, latin jazz and jazz fusion. Metheny has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards. He is the brother of jazz flugelhornist and journalist Mike Metheny.

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Birth date	August 12, 1954
Birth place	Missouri , Lee's Summit Missouri , United States

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Career started	1974
associated musical artist	Joni Mitchell Steve Reich Chick Corea Jack DeJohnette Lyle Mays Pat Metheny Group Roy Haynes Billy Higgins Michael Brecker Charlie Haden Herbie Hancock Carlos Santana Jaco Pastorius Ornette Coleman Jim Hall (musician) Pedro Aznar The Orb John Scofield Dave Holland Gary Burton Achinoam Nini Paul Bley Christian McBride Dewey Redman Mark Egan
Background	Non vocal instrumentalist
genre	Jazz Latin jazz Post-bop World music Jazz fusion
instrument	Electric guitar Guitar synthesizer Synclavier Roland GR-300 Gibson ES-175 Acoustic guitar Linda Manzer Ibanez PM100 Ibanez PM35 Ibanez PM20
record label	ECM Records Geffen Records Nonesuch Records