Pat Metheny is a Jazz Guitarist. I'm a bit surprised that I haven't featured more of his work, because I do like his music. Though I have to admit I don't usually go searching for it, I do enjoy it when it is served up by my various music streaming services.
The music has been mostly well received by the critics. U.K. Jazz News gives us some background with Pat Metheny – ‘MoonDial’
MoonDial is the third solo album Pat Metheny has recorded on baritone guitar, of which he’s had three built for him by the renowned Canadian luthier Linda Manzer. (She also built many of his other instruments, including his famous three-necked, 42-string Pikasso guitar.) The two previous albums were One Quiet Night (2003), which mixed Metheny originals and covers, and What’s It All About (2011), the first Metheny album to feature only covers. Both won Grammys, for (rather surprisingly) best New Age album.
Baritone guitar is an interesting instrument, falling, about halfway between the guitar and the bass guitar. They don't show up much in modern music, though they are used in Country Music and occasionally in Heavy Metal. They were popular in Surf Music, in the late 1950s, and have been used in some film scores.
This is "MoonDial" by Pat Metheny from his album of the same name that was released in March of 2024.
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