UPat Metheny ungumculi we-jazz waseMelika, umculi nomqambi. Waduma njengomholi nelungu leqembu elidumile le-Pat Metheny. Isitayela sikaPat kunzima ukusichaza ngegama elilodwa. Yayihlanganisa ikakhulukazi izici ze-progressive and contemporary jazz, i-Latin jazz ne-fusion.
Umculi waseMelika ungumnikazi wamadiski amathathu egolide. Lo mculi useqokwe izikhathi ezingu-20 emklomelweni weGrammy. U-Pat Metheny ungomunye wabadlali bokuqala eminyakeni engu-20 edlule. Uphinde abe ngumculi onethalente oseshintshe ngokungalindelekile emsebenzini wakhe.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaPat Metheny
UPat Metheny ungowokuzalwa edolobheni lesifundazwe iSummit Lee (Missouri). Akumangazi ukuthi umfana kusukela esemncane wayefuna ukwenza umculo. Iqiniso liwukuthi uyise, uDave, wayedlala icilongo, futhi unina, uLois, wayengumculi onekhono.
Umkhulu kaDelmare wayengumshayi wecilongo ochwepheshe. Ngokushesha, umfowabo kaPat wafundisa umfowabo omncane ukudlala icilongo. Umfowethu, inhloko yomndeni kanye nomkhulu badlala abathathu ekhaya.
Umculo kaGlenn Miller wawuvame ukuzwakala endlini kaMatins. Kusukela esemncane, uPat waya emakhonsathini kaClark Terry noDoc Severinsen. Isimo sokudala ekhaya, izifundo zamacilongo, nokuba khona komcimbi kwasiza u-Pat ukuba abe nesithakazelo sangempela emculweni.
Ngo-1964, uPat Metheny waba nesithakazelo kwelinye ithuluzi - isiginci. Maphakathi nawo-1960, amathrekhi e-Beatles ayezwakala cishe kuwo wonke amakhaya. UPat wayefuna ukuthenga isiginci. Ngokushesha abazali bakhe bamnika i-Gibson ES-140 3/4.
Konke kwashintsha ngemva kokulalela i-albhamu ka-Miles Davis ethi Four & More. Ukunambitheka kuphinde kwathonywa i-Smokin' ka-Wes Montgomery ku-Half Note. U-Pat wayevame ukulalela izingoma zomculo ze-Beatles, u-Miles Davis no-Wes Montgomery.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-15, unhlanhla wamoyizela uPat. Iqiniso liwukuthi wawina umfundaze we-Down Beat ekhempini ye-jazz eyathatha isonto lonke. Futhi umeluleki wakhe wayengumshayi wesigingci u-Attila Zoller. U-Attila umeme uPat Metheny eNew York ukuyobona isigingci uJim Hall noRon Carter oshaya ibhesi.
Indlela yokudala kaPat Metheny
Umdlalo wokuqala onzima wenzeka eklabhu yaseKansas City. Ngokuqondana nje, umqondisi weNyuvesi yaseMiami uBill Lee wayelapho ngalobo busuku. Wayehlatshwe umxhwele ukusebenza komculi, waphendukela kuPat ngesithembiso sokuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe ekolishi lendawo.
Ngemva kokuchitha isonto lonke ekolishi, uMetheny waqaphela ukuthi wayengakakulungeli ukuthola ulwazi olusha. Imvelo yakhe yokudala yayicela ukuphuma. Ngokushesha wavuma ku-dean ukuthi akakakulungeli ukufunda. Wamnikeza umsebenzi wokufundisa eBoston, njengoba ikolishi lalisanda kwethula isiginci sikagesi njengesifundo.
Ngokushesha uPat wathuthela eBoston. Ufundise e-Berklee College ne-jazz vibraphonist uGary Burton. U-Metheny ukwazile ukuthola idumela lokuba yingane eyingane.
Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala kaPat Metheny
Maphakathi nawo-1970s, uPat Metheny wavela ekuhlanganisweni ngaphansi kwegama elingakahleleki elithi Jaco kulebula likaCarol Goss. Ngokuthakazelisayo, uPat wayengazi ukuthi wayerekhodwa. Okusho ukuthi, ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu kwaba isimanga kuMetheny ngokwakhe. Ngemva konyaka, umculi wajoyina ibhendi Gary Burton kanye guitarist Mick Goodrick.
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu esemthethweni kaPat akuzange kube yisikhathi eside. Lo mculi wandise i-discography yakhe ngokuhlanganisa i-Bright Size Life (ECM) ngo-1976, u-Jaco Pastorius edlala ibhesi no-Bob Moses ezigubhu.
Kakade ngo-1977, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesibili ye-studio ethi Watercolors. Irekhodi laqoshwa okokuqala nomdlali wepiyano uLyle Mays, owaba ngumhleli ojwayelekile kaMetheny.
UDanny Gottlieb naye ubambe iqhaza ekuqophelweni kwaleli qoqo. Umculi wathatha indawo yomshayi wesigubhu engxenyeni yokuqala yeqembu le-Pat Metheny. Futhi ilungu lesine leqembu kwaba bassist Mark Egan. Uvele ku-1978 LP yiPat Metheny Group.
Ukubamba iqhaza kuPat Metheny Group
I-Pat Metheny Group yasungulwa ngo-1977. Umgogodla weqembu kwakuwumshayi wesiginci nomholi webhendi uPat Metheny, umqambi, umdlali we-keyboard, umshayi wopiyano uLyle Mays, oshaya ibhesi kanye nomdidiyeli uSteve Rodby. Akunakwenzeka futhi ukucabanga iqembu ngaphandle kukaPaul Huertico, owayedlala izinsimbi zomculo eqenjini iminyaka engu-18.
Ngo-1978, lapho kukhululwa ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Pat Metheny Group. Ngemva konyaka, i-discography yebhendi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo i-American Garage. I-albhamu ethulwayo ithathe indawo yokuqala eshadini le-Billboard Jazz futhi yashaya amashadi e-pop ahlukahlukene. Ekugcineni, abaculi bathole ukuthandwa nokuqashelwa osekunesikhathi eside belindelwe.
Abaculi abavela kuPat Metheny Group babonakale bekhiqiza ngendlela emangalisayo. Phakathi neminyaka emithathu ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo, ibhendi yandisa i-discography yayo ngama-albhamu alandelayo:
- I-Offramp (ECM, 1982);
- i-albhamu ebukhoma ethi Travels (ECM, 1983);
- Umbuthano Wokuqala (ECM, 1984);
- I-Falcon kanye ne-Snowman (EMI, 1985).
Irekhodi le-Offramp liphawule ukubonakala kokuqala komdlali webhesi u-Steve Rodby (obambele u-Egan) kanye nomculi wase-Brazil oyisivakashi uNana Vasconcelos (oculayo). UPedro Aznar ujoyine ibhendi ku-First Circle, kwathi isigubhu sikaPaul Vertico sangena esikhundleni sikaGottlieb.
I-albhamu ethi First Circle yayiyinhlanganisela yokugcina kaPat ku-ECM. Lo mculi ube nokungaboni ngaso linye nomqondisi wale lebuli, uManfred Aicher, wanquma ukuyinqamula inkontileka.
UMetheny washiya ingqondo yakhe wahamba yedwa. Kamuva, umculi wakhipha i-albhamu ebukhoma ebizwa ngokuthi The Road to You (Geffen, 1993). Irekhodi laliqukethe amathrekhi avela kuma-albhamu amabili kaGeffen.
Eminyakeni engu-15 eyalandela, uPark ukhiphe ama-albhamu e-studio angaphezu kwe-10. Iciko likwazile ukuthola izilinganiso eziphezulu. Cishe konke ukukhishwa kwerekhodi elisha kwakuhambisana nokuvakasha.
Pat Metheny namuhla
U-2020 uqale ngezindaba ezinhle kubalandeli bakaPat Metheny. Iqiniso wukuthi kulo nyaka lo mculi ujabulise abalandeli bakhe ngokukhipha icwecwe elisha.
Irekhodi elisha lalibizwa ngokuthi Ukusuka Kulendawo. Umculi wesigubhu u-Antonio Sanchez, oshaya ibhesi kabili uLinda O. kanye nomshayi wepiyano waseBrithani u-Gwilym Simcock babambe iqhaza ekurekhodweni kweqoqo. Kanye neHollywood Studio Symphony eqondiswa nguJoel McNeely.
I-albhamu yamukelwe ngemfudumalo yibo bobabili abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo. Iqoqo lihlanganisa izingoma ezingu-10. Amaculo adinga ukunakwa okukhethekile: America Undefined, Wide and Far, You Are, Same River.
