Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny was born in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States on August 12th, 1954 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 69, Pat Metheny biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Patrick Bruce Metheny (m?-THEE-nee), who was born in August 12, 1954, is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the founder of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects.
His style blends elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion.
Metheny has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards, and he is the only one to win Grammy Awards in ten categories.
Mike Metheny, a jazz flugelhornist, is his brother.
Personal life
Pat Metheny and his wife, Latifa (née Azhar), and three children live in New York City. Latifa has been praised for album photography. Metheny was in a symbiosy with Sônia Braga.
Awards and honors
- Only artist to win Grammy Awards in ten different categories
- DownBeat Hall of Fame, 2013
- Miles Davis Award, Montreal International Jazz Festival, 1995
- Orville H. Gibson Award, 1996
- Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, 1996
- Guitarist of the Year, DownBeat Readers' Poll, 1983, 1986–1991, 2007–2016
- Best Jazz Guitarist, Guitar Player magazine, 1982, 1983, 1986
- Best Jazz Guitarist, Guitar Player magazine Readers' Poll, 1984, 1985, 2009
- Best Acoustic Guitarist, Acoustic Guitar magazine Readers' Poll, 2009
- Echo Award for Best Guitar Instrumentalist – International for TAP: John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol. 20, 2014
- Echo Award, International Ensemble of the Year, Kin, 2015
- Missouri Music Hall of Fame, 2016
- Lifetime Achievement Award, JazzFM, 2018
- Elected into Royal Swedish Academy of Music, 2018
- 2018 NEA Jazz Masters, 2017
- Honorary Doctorate of Music from McGill University, 2019