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Pat Metheny

A renowned guitarist who rose to prominence in the jazz world in the 1970s, Pat Metheny – born in Lee’s Summit, Missouri on August 12, 1954 - fused the genre with rock, folk and electronic pop sounds to create the symphonic, instrumental soundscapes that won him 20 Grammy Awards. Picking up the guitar at the age of 12, Pat Metheny began teaching music at the University of Miami aged just 18, before striking up a relationship with his idol, guitarist Gary Burton, who offered him a place in his band and a job at Berklee College of Music. His debut Bright Size Life (1976) soon earne...