The Way UP!

Few musicians in any strand of music can truly be called artists. Fewer still are truly triple threat composer/technician/performers. Pat Metheny is one such musician. He appears on the Mt. Rushmore of jazz guitarists of the last 35 years. And truly he is a joy to much— my toddler has been watching and listening to him since she was 6 months old and can actually identify his playing on CDs...

I myself have found myself pilfering a riff or two of his while soloing on bass...and I very quickly feel embarrassed for attempting such master class musicianship when I'm so decidedly not in his stratosphere...

Anyways this sketch was done on lunch while listening to his CD "The Way Up"....I once had a friend of mine say, " You know why every picture of Pat has him smiling? because he's the best @$!*!! guitar player on the planet!" I'd say he's simply one of the greatest artists on the planet. Period.