Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonPat Metheny's new ­Orchestrion project, in which he's the sole flesh-and-blood soloist amid a clamorous band of robot instruments, sounds on record so much like a mingling of the guitar star's classic albums of the past 20 years as... more info

All About Jazz — "A player of jaw-dropping technique and ferocious intensity with a darkly alluring musical vision, guitarist Bryan Baker is a leading light among a new breed of six-string renegades who are tearing it up with reckless abandon while pushing stylistic ... more info

All About Jazz — I came upon Pat Metheny's music late in my forties, when my fiance encouraged me to buy his Secret Story album. From that point, we (and subsequently, our two tiny children) avidly listened to and loved most of his music (except the Zero Tolerance f... more info

The Telegraph — Pat Metheny's mechanical orchestra, the Orchestrion, is delightful for a while, but eventually you need the human touch. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — The late-19th century orchestrion was a kind of super player-piano, with all kinds of instruments added. Metheny has spent years creating a modern version, a roomful of acoustic-mechanical gadgets that play along with his guitar. The result is extra... more info

The Independent — US jazz guitar legend Pat Metheny chose a small town in northwestern France to launch his new world tour with his latest project, a one-man automated orchestra. more info

The Telegraph — An American jazz guitar legend, Pat Metheny, chose a small town in north-western France to begin a world tour with his latest project, a one-man automated orchestra. more info

All About Jazz — Pat Metheny, the jazz guitarist, has lately spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about robots. Actually, that's putting it mildly: he has been downright obsessed with robots, and with getting them to do his bidding. "I haven't slept more than ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPat Metheny Orchestrion The guitar star brings this solo project to London next month, and it's an intriguing mix of technical-geekery (solo guitar, plus a whole road-band ... more info

All About Jazz — The press kit for Pat Methenys Orchestrion promises that the album redefines solo performance, and for once, that isnt just gently perfumed publicist smoke being blown up your ass its the Gods honest truth. Entranced by the orchestrion, a mechanical ... more info