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 ...

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 ...

The first question that has likely crossed the minds of many who've heard about guitarist Pat Metheny's Orchestrion is: why? Metheny has already published plenty of information about this unique ...

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny stands on stage, absorbed in guitar bliss as cascades of wildly ascending and descending notes envelope him. He’s accompanied by an orchestra of acoustic instruments – ...

is taking the idea of a one-man band to the nth degree. “That’s certainly true,” the jazz guitarist says, laughing. “It’s a unique environment for a musician, based on an idea I’ve had since I was 9 ...

NORTHAMPTON – And now for something completely different. Jazz great Pat Metheny appeared at the Calvin Theatre on Thursday night as part of the "Orchestrion" tour, not only playing guitar – but also ...

Orchestrion a one-man-electronic band for Pat Metheny Enjoys downloading TV shows from iTunes to watch while touring Prefers not to chat by video LOS ANGELES -- Jazz guitar legend Pat Metheny set out ...

With The Orchestrion Project (Eagle Eye Media, 2012), Pat Metheny provided a detailed visual look into the workings of the guitarist's complex, custom-built conglomeration of instruments—triggered by ...