When guitarist Pat Metheny released Orchestrion (Nonesuch) in 2010, it almost immediately became one of his most controversial recordings since Zero Tolerance for Silence (Warner Bros., 1992). Why, in ...

This unusual concert brought Pat Metheny, one of the world’s greatest musicians, to town, backed by an orchestra consisting of … Pat Metheny. How is that possible? Answer: Meet the orchestrion. At the ...

Whether you admire Pat Metheny’s ultra-facile guitar playing or find it blandly tedious, the venture he brought to Symphony Center on Monday night demanded attention. What was that rattling, two-story ...

BROOKLYN, New York — Dozens of robotic band members will join jazz guitarist Pat Metheny on his next international tour. It’s the same backup band that accompanied him on his latest album, Orchestrion ...

Among music composers, there's always been a desire to hear their works performed exactly as conceived. It's an impulse that helped popularize the player piano 100 years ago, synthesizers in the 1960s ...

Pat Metheny plays the historic Spreckels Theater in downtown San Diego on Wednesday, April 21st. MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I'm Maureen Cavanaugh, and you're listening to These Days on KPBS. Jazz ...

Guitarist Pat Metheny, a major figure in jazz for more than three decades, has been learning a new instrument. His orchestrion, an expansive army of robotic instruments controlled by his guitar and ...

To comment on this review, check out the Arts Talk blog. Concert review Pat Metheny When: 7 p.m. Sunday Where: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 20 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass. Length: 2 hours, ...

I wonder if my wife will agree to my idea of building an orchestrion in our basement. Pat Metheny has one, I’ll tell her, and it’s pretty enthralling. I might leave out the part about it being what ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present Pat Metheny -- The Orchestrion Tour on Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North ...

On Monday, guitarist Pat Metheny became the first jazz artist to notch three separate headlining appearances at Walt Disney Concert Hall. But instead of bringing a band of all-stars, he arrived with a ...

In Pat Metheny's career, stylistic shifts and sudden breaks from the norm occur more often than not. Even though it is evident that he is rooted in jazz, his music encompasses so much more.