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Pet Metheny's Orchestrion at the Barbican, review

5401 days ago
The TelegraphPat Metheny's mechanical orchestra, the Orchestrion, is delightful for a while, but eventually you need the human touch. Rating: * * * * more info

Pat Metheny: Orchestrion | CD review

5406 days ago
Guardian MusicThe 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

US jazz supremo Metheny re-invents one-man band in France

5410 days ago
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

US jazz supremo introduces automated orchestra

5411 days ago
The TelegraphAn 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

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: 19th-Century Concept, with a Few Upgrades

5414 days ago
All About JazzPat 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

F&M playlist

5415 days ago
Guardian MusicOur 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

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: CD Reviews: Pat Metheny, Mose Allison, and More

5418 days ago
All About JazzThe 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

CD Reviews: Pat Metheny, Mose Allison, and More

5418 days ago
PopdoseThe press kit for Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion promises that the album “redefines solo performance,” and for once, that isn’t just gently perfumed publicist smoke being blown up your ass — it’s the God’s honest truth. Entranced by the orch... more info

Weekly US music releases: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Barry Manilow and Pat Metheny

5419 days ago
The Independent Music releases in the US for January 26 feature a Charlotte Gainsbourg collaboration with Beck, a couple of new albums from venerated jazz musicians and singer-songwriters, and Barry Manilow love songs. more info

Pat Metheny: Orchestrion | CD review

5422 days ago
Guardian Music(Nonesuch)fThe intuitive jazz improviser, the ­pop-song tunesmith and the hardware geek have always lived side by side in Pat Metheny. His most commercially successful ventures have peppered Latin, rock and country music ­lyricism with adventur... more info

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