Chrysler named 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival Presenting Sponsor

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“The world’s largest free jazz festival branded “Imported from Detroit”

Today the Detroit Jazz Festival announced that the Chrysler brand will be the official presenting sponsor for the 2012 festival. The sponsorship is an extension of its successful “Imported from Detroit” campaign, celebrating the spirit and determination of Detroit and its residents.

Pat Metheny Unity Band Launches Extensive International Tour in Europe

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Pat Metheny Unity Band

The Pat Metheny Unity Band—featuring a new ensemble from the guitarist with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up-and-coming Ben Williams on bass—launches its European summer tour this weekend with a Sunday night set at the Alter Schlachthof in Dresden, Germany, followed by stops throughout the continent, including Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, San Marino, Spain, and Portugal, and in the UK. The band returns to the United States to tour later this summer and into the fall. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates; for additional details and ticket links, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Nonesuch Releases Pat Metheny Unity Band Album June 12; Band to Launch Summer, Fall Tour

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Pat Metheny Unity Band

For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity Band, due from Nonesuch on June 12, 2012, introduces a new Metheny ensemble with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up-and-coming Ben Williams on bass. The album features nine new Metheny compositions. The Pat Metheny Unity Band will tour the United States this summer and fall, with stops in 39 cities; see below for all of the currently announced date and go to nonesuch.com/on-tour for details. Pre-orders of Unity Band are available now in the Nonesuch Store and include a print signed by Metheny and an instant download of the opening track, “New Year.”

Jazz Journalists Association Announces Nominees for 16th Annual JJA Jazz Awards

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Finalist nominees for the 16th annual Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association have been announced at www.JJAJazzAwards.org. The nominations demonstrate the rich diversity of music that may have been overlooked by mainstream media and other music industry-generated Awards programs.

Iconic veteran instrumentalists including Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, Phil Woods Lee Konitz, Gary Burton, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and John Scofield are among the nominees who will vie for votes with newly emerged talents such as trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Craig Taborn, tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen, guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Esperanza Spalding, vibist Warren Wolf and drummer Eric Harland in some of the 40 categories celebrating excellence in jazz and jazz journalism. Winners of the Jazz Awards will be selected from the nearly 200 nominees through voting by the JJA’s international membership of writers, photographers, broadcasters and new media producers professionally involved with jazz. Awards are for accomplishments and productions from calendar year 2011, except in two categories for Lifetime Achievement.

New JAZZ Releases for the Week of 6/14/2011

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Greeting’s jazz aficionados, as always I’m delighted to present the latest jazz releases this week. With each visit, you’ll discover a montage of new jazz recordings featured at Amazon.com that encompasses a generous diet of nuances which includes a wealth of complex and distinctive styles, textures, melodies, and rhythms exalted by a host of definitive and creative voices in the world of jazz.

For more details, please visit Amazon.com for a complete list of jazz releases for Tuesday (6/14/2011)!

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Coming June 14th on Nonesuch Records Pat Metheny’s WHAT’S THAT ALL ABOUT

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Pat Metheny - WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT

Nonesuch Records releases What’s It All About—a solo acoustic album from guitarist and composer Pat Metheny—on June 14, 2011. After nearly 40 recordings under his name, this marks the first time there is not a single Metheny composition represented. Rather, What’s It All About comprises 10 classic songs, some very well known, that hold personal meanings for the guitarist. What’s It All About is available for pre-order now; all pre-orders come with a limited-edition, 9×12 photographic print, a number of which will be signed, and a free instant download of the album track “Alfie,” by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Following the Grammy–winning 2001 solo acoustic record One Quiet Night, Metheny began regularly playing the specially tuned baritone guitar he used on that album in the breaks between sound check and the show when he was on the road. “Almost every day as I worked through one well-known tune or another, various visitors or local crew people would come up to me and ask which record it was on, and I would have to say that I had never made a record like that,” Metheny says. “And over the years, I have had it in the back of my mind that I should do an album of some of those tunes at some point.”

Herbie Hancock – Jazz Fusion Cantelope Island [Video]

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Greetings everyone, the weekend is slowly closing in on us. Today, I’ve got clip I’m sure that you’ve seen Herbie Hancock featuring guitarist Pat Metheny jammin’ the classic “Cantelope Island.” It’s amazing to see to of my favorite musicians collaborate, put their egos aside and play music I truly love to hear them play together.

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Pat Metheny Announces US Fall Tour; Includes Six-Night Residency at Blue Note in New York

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Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny has announced a fall tour of the United States with bassist Larry Grenadier, set to launch September 22 at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon, and run through a six-night residency at the Blue Note in New York City in mid-October. The concerts, taking place in intimate venues across the country, precede a previously announced European tour of the Pat Metheny Trio, featuring Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart, and follow the five-day workshop in Connecticut Metheny will lead with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez in August.

Metheny will be a featured presenter at the EG Conference—a gathering of and for innovators in media, technology, entertainment and education—tomorrow, April 8, at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, California. He will discuss his Orchestrion project, which was featured on the latest episode of CBS Sunday Morning.

For more information on Metheny’s upcoming performances and events, visit http://www.nonesuch.com/on-tour. To pick up a copy of Metheny’s latest Nonesuch album, Orchestrion, head to the Nonesuch Store now.

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**Check out Metheny at National Guitar Workshop!**

Pat Metheny -][- TOKYO DAY TRIP ‘Live EP’ [Nonesuch]

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Pat Metheny - TOKYO DAY TRIP (Live EP)

Pat Metheny -][- TOKYO DAY TRIP – Live EP – [Nonesuch, 2008]

Tokyo Day Trip: Live EP is a collection of 5 tracks recorded live in Tokyo with Metheny’s trio, featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez. The tracks were recorded at the end of 2004, before the trio went into the studio to record the recently released and highly praised Day Trip.

The tracks were produced, mixed and mastered by Metheny and long time collaborator Steve Rodby. Several tracks were previously available as digital – only downloads; this will be the first time all 5 are available together on CD. The tunes range from intense and animated ( Traveling Fast ), to acoustic ballads ( The Night Becomes You ) to electric fusion ( Back Arm and Blackcharge ). More than just an extension of the studio record, this EP represents the trio at the height of their mastery, live and in the moment. The artwork for the EP, a re-creation of the original Day Trip street scene but a view of Tokyo instead of New York was created by painter Josh George, who hails from Metheny’s hometown, Lee s Summit, Missouri.

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Metheny | Mehldau [Nonesuch]

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Metheny - Mehldau

Metheny | Mehldau – Metheny & Mehldau – [Nonesuch, 2006] – Review –

It’s almost shameful on my part, but I’m finally getting around to delving into this amazing record by two of the most astounding voices in their own right to feature the renown yet prolific composer and guitarist Pat Metheny and equally talented nu-bop fusionist of his generation Brad Mehldau on piano.

After all, it’s years of working around tireless recording and tour schedules to be able to merge the intricacies of their collective voicings into one integral adventure as they join sonically to record in 2006 a stunning collection of songs which intertwines perfectly in a symphony of ambient melodies, shades and above all lingering jazz sensibilities to occupy this space strategically throughout.

The opener “Unrequited” embodies the sonic tonality we’ve come to expect from this dynamic duo as soloists. Keep in mind, as the music flows gracefully with no pitfalls foreseen until the composition “Admid-6” appears to establish their ascending voices to bond perfectly as one to sparkle cohesively with splendor. The duo theme continues to quietly permeate it’s way through the mist until “Ring of Life” emerges to unfold into a refreshing and tasteful unexpected ensemble journey. Actually, the masterful interplay by the ensemble is incredible. In essence, their intriguing voices draw telepathically from years of exploring a diverse universe of music.

Of course, this outing by the duo is not so much a detour of what they normally do individually but it was inevitable they combine their harmonically atoned and introspective voices to record this phenomenal album. —Rob Young | The Urban Flux