Pat Metheny Tickets
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Besancon, France
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Groningen, Netherlands
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Brescia, Italia
Milano, Italia
Overall Rating
4.6
By Sam
Words fail me
Bardavon 1869 Opera House - Poughkeepsie
Words fail me when I try to describe the experience of this concert but I will try. Pat Metheny is an inspiration. Virtuosity is only half of it. The show was an immersion in pure creativity, experimentation, fun, and connection. The music spanned his vast repertoire, presented in new ways, making new connections, and with some big surprises. It was so intimate: just him on stage. It's an experience I'll never forget. I'm grateful that I got to be there.
By Cdub
Magical Metheny
Bardavon 1869 Opera House - Poughkeepsie
We were witness to a magical musical experience that left us babbling like children trying to describe the solar system. Mr. Metheny took us on a roller coaster of sound - exhilarating, calming, uplifting and exciting, dangerous but always beautiful. We are grateful.
By Kenny
How I Wish
Bardavon 1869 Opera House - Poughkeepsie
Don't get me wrong, Pat Metheny is one of my all time favorite Jazz musicians, but I wish that a reunion tour could happen featuring some of the members of the Pat Metheny Group. The music that was performed by those individuals and the legendary concerts at the Beacon Theater and Blue Note in New York City, will always remain unforgettable experiences for many of his fans.
By RichE
Outstanding! Metheny is a guitar legend.
State Theatre - Portland
I’d never seen Metheny perform before so I have no reference to compare this performance to, but I was seriously impressed. His music is engaging, clever and a joy to hear. His guitar playing, well, simply phenomenal. He’s a guitar virtuoso. The encore was fascinating as he was backed by a delightfully kooky musical contraption and built on licks from his various guitars. He was very chatty with the audience revealing a lot about his history. Very personable and charming. A wonderful performance all around from a true guitar icon. One issue though. Several times during Pat’s playing you clearly hear someone in the back bar spray cleaning in the sink. Not a noise you want to hear while you are listening intently to an artist’s performance. Embarrassing. Can only imagine how disrespected Metheny felt. Would have thought the Theatre knew better.
By BB
A Singular Artist
Like many reviewers here my wife and first saw Pat (with his Pat Metheny Group) at a concert at Southampton College on Long Island more than 40 years ago. Since then we seen him multiple times with various brilliant ensembles. Last night’s solo show at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie NY was quite simply one of the most exceptional musical experiences in my life…which includes seeing the Brubeck Quartet just after Time Out was released, Cream on their first US tour, Gary Burton, Frank Zappa, Butterfield Blues Band, Hendrix, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, McCoy Tyner, Pharaoh Sanders (and many others at the Village Vanguard)…the list really is too long to share here. I cannot add to what has already been said here about Pat’s unique brilliance, other than to extend a most sincere thank you to a true creative genius. We are lucky to have you in our lives.
By Wolfpax
State Theater
State Theatre - Portland
The State Theater is an incredibly horrible venue to hear music if you are seated anywhere except near the very front. Otherwise there is a very disturbing and annoying sound from the air hand dryers in the restrooms. Don’t even bother attending if you aren’t in the first few rows. It is unbelievable that any music venue would let so loud a disturbing, distracting sound be heard. Horrible experience. What an insult to the musicians as well as the audience.
By Craig
Excellent musician, poor theater
State Theatre - Portland
I've seen Pat Methany several times in different venues. The State Theater in Portland, Maine had some background noises throughout the show. Very distracting! Couldn't tell if it was the cocktail bar (blender) or the bathroom (hand drier), but it was heard repeatedly throughout the show. I noticed several other members of the audience showing their disapproval of the distraction. Methany should have stopped performing until it was dealt with. I won't go back to the State Theater until they have rectified this issue.
By Bluesbabe
One of the best concerts I ever saw.
State Theatre - Portland
Metheny only gets better and better. I've been lucky to have seen him play several times over the years. His playing last night at the State Theater was one of the most exciting concerts I ever attended. His jazz improvising was superb, smooth, original and assured. Every time he came out to play another encore he got another standing ovation. It's impossible to adequately describe the original stage presentation. Eight guitars were hiding in corners under black drapes. One of them had 42 strings! The black curtain at the back of the stage was removed to reveal a long array of percussion equipment and strange Oriental gongs that played by themselves! Totally amazing concert by a master musician.
By Jazz-N-207
Metheny was Exceptional but not Great
State Theatre - Portland
As we all know who follow and listen to Pat Metheny he is an exceptional guitarist and musician and personally always performs live show with captivating brilliance. His appearance as a soloist (especially noting Picasso as a favorite) was very different but being honest I love the camaraderie of seeing and hearing the interactions of a small trio, the percussion section and a piano. And hey, not taking anything away from what Pat performed and the intimate dialogue with audience which was fantastic, it just was different and slightly disappointing. Further honesty speaking at the State Theatre the background noise from the venue facility carried into the auditorium hearing the hallway bathroom hand driers during quiet passages of the concert. I’ll always enjoy seeing Pat Metheny, just hope a group accompanying him rather than just Artificial Intelligence via guitar loops and impressive programmed percussion.
By Daniel
The Most Talented Pat Metheny
State Theatre - Portland
Absolutely Fantastic one of the best concerts I have ever been to and I have been to many many
Bio
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is one of the most renowned artists of his generation. Across nearly 50 years, the endlessly creative Metheny has released 11 solo albums, 13 albums with his band The Pat Metheny Group, four live albums, and four compilation albums, and has won a whopping 20 Grammys. Specializing in contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion, Metheny is the only person in history to win Grammys in 12 different categories.
Born in 1954 in Lee Falls, Missouri, Metheny (who is the younger brother of trumpeter Mike Metheny), began playing guitar at age 12. As a teenager, he taught at the University of Miami and Berklee College of Music and made his recording debut in 1974 with Paul Bley and Jaco Pastorius.
In the mid '70s, Metheny played in Gary Burton's group, where he met keyboardist Lyle Mays. The two ended up forming The Pat Metheny Group with bassist Mark Egan and drummer Dan Gottlieb. A risk-taking jazz player, Metheny's 1980 album 80/81 featured avant-garde tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman and 15-time-Grammy-winning jazz saxophonist/composer Michael Brecker. A few years later, Metheny formed a trio with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins; and 1985 saw the release of Song X with his jazz hero Ornette Coleman. Around this time, Metheny also collaborated with Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes, and Joshua Redman.
In the '90s, Metheny leaned into his experimental side even further with the noise-driven Zero Tolerance For Silence (1994). That same year, he also made his Blue Note Records debut with John Scofield on I Can See Your House From Here. The following year, Metheny and his band released We Live Here. Prolific as ever, Metheny released 1996's Quartet and his score for the film Passaggio Per Il Paradiso.
In 1997, Metheny and bassist Charlie Haden recorded an acoustic album as a duo called Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories). Soon after, The Pat Metheny Group released the album Imaginary Day. In the late '90s, Metheny did a duet album with Jim Hall and scored Warner Bros.' A Map Of The World.
Moving into the 21st century, Metheny and his band released 2002's Speaking Of Now, 2003's acoustic solo album One Quiet Night, and got the group back together for 2005's Way Up. In 2006, Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau released their joint album, Metheny Mehldau, and followed it up with 2008's Day Trip.
Into the 2010s, Metheny remained as prolific as ever, releasing 2010's Orchestrion, which, via the use of a MIDI-powered "robot" orchestra, Sound On Sound declared "an unparalleled technological feat." In 2011, Metheny released a solo acoustic album, What's It All About, featuring covers of contemporary pop performers such as Paul Simon and John Lennon, among others. What's It All About won a Grammy for Best New Age Album. In 2012, Metheny teamed up with saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Antonio Sánchez, and bassist Ben Williams to release Unity Band, which won Best Jazz Instrumental album at the Grammys in 2013.
In spring 2013, Metheny reimagined works from John Zorn's Masada Book Two with Tap: Book of Angels Volume 20. All the while, his Unity Group continued touring and went back into the studio, releasing Kin in February 2014. The next year, Metheny paid tribute to the famed bassist Eberhard Weber, who suffered a stroke in 2007 and has not performed live since. Metheny shared the stage with saxophonist Jan Garbarek and vibraphonist Gary Burton, and the tribute, Hommage à Eberhard Weber, was released in September 2015.
In more recent years, Metheny has released 2016's Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny (with trumpeter Cuong Vu) and toured the world for two years as a quartet with Sánchez, Malaysian/Australian bassist Linda May Han Oh, and pianist Gwilym Simcock. Their debut album, From This Place, was released in February 2020.
In 2020, Metheny left longtime label WEA/Nonesuch and joined BMG's Modern Recordings. His 2021 label debut, Road To The Sun, featured Metheny in the composer role; he wrote music for classical guitarist Jason Vieaux and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Also in 2021, Metheny released Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV), which featured a rotating cast of younger musicians, including drummer Marcus Gilmore and keyboardist James Francies.