Feb 13 2022
ASC Presents: Pat Metheny SIDE-EYE

ASC Presents: Pat Metheny SIDE-EYE

Presented by UAB's Alys Stephens Center at Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

With James Francies and Joe Dyson
Reserve your seat for Pat Metheny! Save the date and purchase your tickets today (or gift them!) to celebrate Valentine’s Eve with this guitar aficionado at 6 p.m.!
Metheny’s versatility is nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. Metheny’s body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces and even the robotic instruments of his Orchestrion project, while always sidestepping the limits of any one genre.

Metheny has also been a true musical pioneer in the realm of electronic music, and has also been instrumental in the development of several new kinds of guitars such as the soprano acoustic guitar, the 42-string Pikasso guitar, Ibanez’s PM series jazz guitars, and a variety of other custom instruments.

Over the years, Metheny has won countless polls as “Best Jazz Guitarist” and awards, including three gold records for (Still Life) Talking, Letter from Home, and Secret Story. He has also won 20 Grammy Awards spread out over a variety of different categories including Best Rock Instrumental, Best Contemporary Jazz Recording, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Instrumental Composition at one point winning seven consecutive Grammies for seven consecutive albums. In 2015 he was inducted into the Downbeat Hall of Fame, becoming only the fourth guitarist to be included (along with Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery) and its youngest member. Metheny has spent much of his life on tour, often doing more than 100 shows a year since becoming a bandleader in the 70’s. At the time of this writing, he continues to be one of the brightest stars of the jazz community, dedicating time to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike, helping them to reach their audience as well as realizing their own artistic visions.

Admission Info

TICKET INFORMATION

Ticket prices: Level A – $68, Level B – $58, Level C – $48. (NOTE: At 50% capacity, groups of 1-4 will be seated together. To ensure the safety of others, space between groups will be provided. Subject to change and availability.)
Tickets valid for performance date and time only.
No refunds. Exchanges subject to availability.
Late seating at discretion of house management.
All performances are subject to change.

Dates & Times

2022/02/13 - 2022/02/13

Location Info

Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

1200 Tenth Avenue South , Birmingham, AL 35294