MoonDial

Guitarist, composer, and bandleader Pat Metheny is one of the most successful jazz musicians in the world. He is the only artist to win 20 Grammy Awards in 10 different categories. He taught at both the University of Miami and Berklee while he was a teenager, and made his recording debut with Paul Bley and Jaco Pastorius in 1974.

The self-titled Pat Metheny Group, formed in 1978, resonated with audiences and critics for its euphoric lyricism, dynamics, and rhythmic ideas. Metheny has remained intensely active in the 21st century, releasing many albums and being nominated for several Grammy Awards, including for 2023’s Dream Box at this year’s ceremony.

In 2020, Metheny changed labels for the first time in more than two decades, signing to BMG ‘s Modern Recordings. Metheny’s label debut, Road to the Sun, issued in March 2021, marked the first time one of his recordings focused solely on the artist as a composer – he barely played on it. The album’s six-movement title suite was penned for and performed by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

Later in 2021, Metheny issued the Grammy-nominated album Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV), a live trio outing, and then came the Grammy-nominated Dream Box in 2023.

Pat Metheny’s new album MoonDial will feature solo recordings in line with the beloved One Quiet Night (2003) and What’s It All About (2011). It is a purely solo guitar record with no overdubs, using a custom nylon string baritone guitar. He experimented with this new guitar while on tour last fall. Excited by the results he was able to achieve more each night, he decided to immediately record a new album with the guitar – MoonDial, which will come out on July 26.