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BREAKING NEWS: PAT METHENY GROUP GRAMMY NOMINATION
(December 8, 2005)

On December 8th, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announced THE WAY UP, the latest Pat Metheny Group album, was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Jazz category. The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live by CBS from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Pat has won 16 Grammy Awards and has been nominated 30 times! The Pat Metheny Group has won 10 of those. In addition, Pat has been been nominated or won Grammy Awards in a precedent setting 10 different categories! THE WAY UP was released by Nonesuch Records.

VINTAGE MERCHANDISE ON SALE NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS

For a limited time only, some of our great past tour items are on sale in our Merchandise section. Mugs, hats, t-shirts, posters, sweatshirts and lots of other items are available. Holiday 2005 ordering information can be found here. (Please note not all items are on sale and quantities are limited)

TRIO 99>100 GUITAR TAB NOW AVAILABLE!

All 11 tracks from the 2000 release by Metheny, playing in a trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart. Includes: Capricorn • Giant Steps • A Lot of Livin' to Do • The Sun in Montreal • What Do You Want? • and more. Available in the Merchandise section, along with the whole series of Pat Metheny guitar tab books and big Pat Metheny Songbook.

GET XX'D

Special Edition Tee created for 20th anniversary re-release of SONG X. Durable white cotton. You can only find it here.

NONESUCH RELEASES SONG X 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
(August 8, 2005)

Over the next year, Pat and Nonesuch will be rereleasing the Pat Metheny titles previously released on the Geffen and Warner Bros label. The first out of the box is SONG X. This year is the 20th Anniversary of the release of this landmark recording. It has been remixed and remastered and, as bonus, Pat has added 6 new tunes from that recording session that have never been released before! The new tracks add another layer to understanding the performances on this post-bop meeting of the harmolodic minds with jazz master Ornette Coleman. Entertainment Weekly had it as a pick this week. In case you missed it, here is what they said:

"Musicians have grappled with alto saxophonist Coleman's concepts to mixed results. But guitarist Metheny was up to the task 20 years ago; he and Coleman found common ground in both frenetic and languid terrain. It's a landmark record--here remastered and including six enlightening, previously unreleased tracks. (A--)"

[ SONG X PLAYER ]

[ SONG X NEWS ITEM ]

[ SONG X ON AMAZON ]

[ ALL ABOUT JAZZ REVIEW ]

PMG ENDS THE WAY UP TOUR BEFORE 125,000
(July 18, 2005)

Over a hundred thousand people patiently waited in 30¡C [87¡F] heat for the closing event of the 26th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal - an outdoor performance by Pat Metheny Group. In addition to signaling the end of another successful year for the festival, it was also significant in being the final stop on the group's six-month The Way Up world tour. For a full review follow the link below.

[ ALLABOUTJAZZ REVIEW ]

SCORCH THIS

Scorch is a browser plug-in that allows you to see and hear (in midi) musical scores. We have a version of THE WAY UP score, first created in Sibelius and then exported for viewing with Scorch. Follow the link below to view it and two Quicktime files.

[ The Way Up Scorch ]

Pat Metheny and Apple Computers invite you to participate in their multi-media seminar now on-line. This seminar brings you behind the scenes as Pat shares his secrets for composing, performing, recording, and mixing music on the Mac.

This seminar is sponsored by Metheny Productions, Apple, Brian Moore Guitars, D'Addario Strings, Guitar Player magazine, incase, and Guitar.com.

[ Pat Metheny Seminar ]

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