Pat Metheny - It Started with the Trumpet
IT STARTED WITH THE TRUMPET [:59]
NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT
Pat Metheny: The trumpet thing has remained kind of a constant for me. I mean, even now, when I’m playing on the guitar, I’m kind of thinking trumpet.
Icefire under
PAT METHENY MAY BE A 2018 NEA JAZZ MASTER BECAUSE OF WHAT HE CAN DO ON THE GUITAR. BUT IT WAS THE TRUMPET THAT GOT HIM HOOKED ON JAZZ.
Icefire transition to Trane’s Blues
Pat Metheny: My dad was a very good amateur trumpet player, and my mom’s dad was a professional trumpet player, so trumpet was everywhere. And I would list among my most important influences trumpet players. Miles Davis. Hearing one of his records when I was about 11 changed my life. It was like somebody hitting me over the head with a baseball bat, like, what is that?
Trane’s Blues up
It’s real deep, that trumpet thing for me.
“Icefire” composed and performed by Pat Metheny, from the album, Watercolors, used courtesy of ECM and by permission of Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing a/c Pat Meth Music Corp, BMI. “Trane’s Blues” composed by John Coltrane and performed by Miles Davis, from Bluing, used courtesy of Concord Music and by permission of Prestige Music Co/The Bicycle Music Co, BMI.
THIS JAZZ MOMENT WITH PAT METHENY WAS PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
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