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Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby (born December 9, 1954, in Joliet, Illinois) is an American jazz bassist and producer known for his time with the Pat Metheny Group. Biography Rodby was born in Joliet, Illinois, into a musical family. His father was a music teacher who bought him an acoustic bass, electric bass, and amp when he was 12. He heard classical music from a young age and was educated in classical until high school when he learned jazz. During high school summers, he went to jazz camps, where he met Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, and Danny Gottlieb, three of the four members of The Pat Metheny Group. Rodby played acoustic bass until he graduated from Northwestern University in 1977, when he taught himself how to play electric. He performed in the house band at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, with local and visiting musicians such as Milt Jackson, Joe Henderson, and Art Farmer. He joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981, starting on electric bass before spending most of his time on acoustic. He spent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County, Illinois, Will County. It had a population of 150,362 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Illinois, third-most populous city in Illinois. History In 1673, Louis Jolliet, along with Father Jacques Marquette, paddled up the Des Plaines River and camped on a huge earthwork mound, a few miles south of present-day Joliet. Maps from Jolliet's exploration of the area showed a large hill or mound down river from Chicago, labeled Mont Joliet. The mound has since been flattened due to mining. In 1833, following the Black Hawk War, Charles Reed built a cabin along the west side of the Des Plaines River. Across the river in 1834, James B. Campbell, treasurer of the canal commissioners, laid out the village of "Juliet", a corruption of "Joliet" t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wertico
Paul Wertico (born January 5, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American drummer. He gained recognition as a member of the Pat Metheny Group from 1983 until 2001, leaving the group to spend more time with his family and to pursue other musical interests. Music career Groups After Pat Metheny heard the Simon & Bard Group with Wertico and bassist Steve Rodby, he invited both to join his band. During his time with Metheny, Wertico played on ten albums and four videos, appeared on television, and toured around the world. He won seven Grammy Awards (for "Best Jazz Fusion Performance," "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance," and "Best Rock Instrumental Performance"), magazine polls, and received several gold records. He formed the Paul Wertico Trio with John Moulder and Eric Hochberg and collaborated with Larry Coryell, Kurt Elling, and Jeff Berlin. From 2000 to 2007, he was a member of SBB, the platinum-record-winning Polish progressive rock band. Wertico was a member of the Larry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imaginary Day
''Imaginary Day'' is the ninth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was strongly inspired by world music from Iran and Indonesia, and won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. The song "The Roots of Coincidence" won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance; critic Richard Ginnell of AllMusic described the song as a dramatic departure for the group: " nout-and-out rock piece with thrash metal and techno-pop episodes joined by abrupt jump cuts." The album cover design by Stefan Sagmeister uses a simple pictographic substitution cipher for the name of the group and the title of the album. Official DVD recorded live at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California, USA in July 1998, released in 2001. This album was also made available on DVD-Audio 5.0 multichannel, surround sound. History This album marks the final appearance of longtime drummer Paul Wertico, who would leave in 2001 bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (Pat Metheny Album)
''Quartet'' (1996) is the eighth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. The album features Pat Metheny on guitar, Lyle Mays on keyboards, Steve Rodby on bass, and Paul Wertico on drums. The approach for the album was to not write lengthy compositions before recording but instead use merely sketches and rely mostly on improvisation in a setting with just acoustic instruments, a departure from the usual thoroughly orchestrated sound using synthesizers and sequencing the Group is usually known for. The result is experimental, moody, and loose, even dark in some moments. The instrumentation relies mostly on acoustic instruments including various keyboard instruments such as the spinet piano, Harmonium, Fender Rhodes, autoharp and various guitars including the 42-string Pikasso guitar. The Roland GR-300 guitar synthesizer makes appearances on "Oceania" and "Language of Time". With the exception of "When We Were Free" on the Group's final Songbook Tour, the Group itself never played t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Live Here
''We Live Here'' is a studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 1996. The DVD was recorded at Gotanda U-Port Hall, Tokyo, Japan, in October 1995. Track listing Personnel * Pat Metheny – guitars, guitar synthesizer * Lyle Mays – piano, keyboards * Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass * Paul Wertico – drums * David Blamires – vocals * Mark Ledford – vocals, trumpet, Flugelhorn, Whistling * Luis Conte – percussion Additional musicians * Sammy Merendino – drum programming * Dave Samuels – cymbal rolls Technical personnel * Pat Metheny – producer * Steve Rodby, Lyle Mays – producers * David Sholemson – project coordinator * Rob Eaton – recording, mixing * Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA * Kevin Reagan – artwork * Dennis Keeley – photography Awards Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To You
''The Road to You'' is the second live album by the Pat Metheny Group that won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance. The songs were recorded during concerts in Naples, Bari, Pescara, and Iesi, Italy; and Paris, Marseille, and Besançon, France. The last song is a solo guitar studio recording from the video ''More Travels''. Track listing Personnel * Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitar, guitar synthesizer * Lyle Mays – piano, keyboards * Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass * Paul Wertico – drums * Armando Marçal – percussion, timbales, congas, vocals * Pedro Aznar – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, tenor saxophone, steel drums, vibraphone, marimba, melodica Awards Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letter From Home (album)
''Letter from Home'' is the sixth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was released in 1989 by Geffen Records. In 1990, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, and it was certified gold by the RIAA on July 23, 1998. The album marked the return of Pedro Aznar, who became a member of the Group on the album '' First Circle''. It also featured a reemphasis on increased instrumental diversity and was a commercial success, comfortably making the Top 200 album chart at ''Billboard'' magazine. "Slip Away" was, as Metheny put it, "extraordinarily successful, one of the most successful individual tunes that we've ever made." He said that it contains an ideal melodic durability. The song was heavily sampled by house music producer Nick Holder on his 2001 track ''Summer Daze''. Track listing Personnel * Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, 12-string guitar, soprano guitar, tiple, Synclavier * Lyle Mays – piano, organ, accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falcon And The Snowman (album)
''The Falcon and the Snowman'' is the soundtrack album to the film '' The Falcon and the Snowman'' (1985), composed and produced by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays and performed by the Pat Metheny Group. It includes the song "This Is Not America", a major hit sung by David Bowie. The music is performed by the Pat Metheny Group with occasional orchestra and choir. Track listing All songs written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays except "This Is Not America", lyrics by David Bowie. Personnel * Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer * Lyle Mays – piano, synthesizers * Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass * Paul Wertico – drums, percussion * Pedro Aznar – vocals on "Daulton Lee" and "The Falcon" * David Bowie – vocals and lyrics on "This Is Not America "This Is Not America" is a song by English singer David Bowie and American jazz fusion band the Pat Metheny Group, taken from the The Falcon and the Snowman (album), soundtrack to the 1985 film ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Circle (album)
''First Circle'' is the fourth studio album by the Pat Metheny Group. It was recorded over four days in February 1984 and released on ECM later that year. Metheny is joined by Lyle Mays on keyboards, Steve Rodby on bass, Paul Wertico on drums, and Pedro Aznar on vocals, percussion, and guitar. ''First Circle'' won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance. History Two personnel changes occurred. Drummer Danny Gottlieb was replaced by Paul Wertico, and the Group was joined by multi-instrumentalist Pedro Aznar, who had already established himself with the band Serú Girán in his native Argentina. On ''First Circle'', the Group used instruments it hadn't recorded with before, including the sitar ("Yolanda, You Learn"), trumpet ("Forward March"), and agogo bells ("Tell It All"). The first song, "Forward March", with Lyle Mays on trumpet, uses dissonant, out-of-tune chords and shifting time signatures. On putting the song first, Metheny remarked that it "seemed lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travels (Pat Metheny Group Album)
''Travels'' is a live double album by the Pat Metheny Group recorded in July, October, and November 1982 and released on ECM the following year. The quintet features pianist Lyle Mays and rhythm section Steve Rodby and Dan Gottlieb, with guest Nana Vasconcelos. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance. Background The eleven tracks were recorded in Philadelphia, Dallas, Sacramento, Hartford, and Nacogdoches, Texas, while on tour in America for '' Offramp'' (1982)''.'' Reception It was voted number 570 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's ''All Time Top 1000 Albums'' (2000). Track listing Personnel Pat Metheny Group * Pat Metheny – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer * Lyle Mays – piano, synthesizers, electric organ, autoharp, Synclavier * Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass, bass synthesizer * Danny Gottlieb – drums * Nana Vasconcelos – percussion, voice, berimbau Technical personnel * Manfred Eicher, Pat M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECM Records
ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres. ECM's motto is "the most beautiful sound next to silence", taken from a 1971 review of ECM releases in '' Coda'', a Canadian jazz magazine. ECM has been distributed in the U.S. by Warner Bros. Records, PolyGram Records, BMG, and, since 1999, Universal Music, the successor of PolyGram, worldwide. Its album covers were profiled in two books: ''Sleeves of Desire'' and ''Windfall Light'', both published by Lars Müller. History The first ECM release produced by Manfred Scheffner was pianist Mal Waldron's 1969 recording '' Free at Last''. The label went on to release recordings by many prominent jazz musicians, including Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny, Gary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
