Pat Metheny Side Eye

Pat Metheny is die bevlogen stergitarist die je allicht kent van die hit met David Bowie: 'This Is Not America', maar hopelijk ook van zijn talloze spannende jazz-samenwerkingen.

Nu is het tijd voor zijn 'Side Eye'-project en we lezen Pat best even zelf hierover:
'I wanted to create an ongoing setting to feature a rotating cast of new and upcoming musicians who have particularly caught my interest along the way.
From my earliest days in Kansas City onward, I was the beneficiary of so many older musicians giving me a platform to develop my thing through the prism of their experience and the particular demands of what their music implied. I have been feeling like I wanted to have a specific platform to focus on some of the many younger musicians I have enjoyed recently who I have felt some kind of a kinship with.'

En dus start hij 'Side Eye' meteen met niemand minder dan toetsenist James Francies en drummer Nate Smith (die misschien toch nog vervangen wordt, conform het concept van Side Eye.)