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50 Years Into An Illustrious Career, Jazz Great Pat Metheny Still Starts Each Day At Zero

Over the course of his more than 45 years as a recording artist, Pat Metheny has explored nearly every avenue of what it means to be an improvisatory musician. From avant-garde projects like Song X and Zero Tolerance for Silence, to the pop-leaning Pat Metheny Group records, Metheny's singular sound and creativity has pushed back against the confining genre labels. Instead, he considers all his his creative output to be a part of the same lifelong composition.

As FM Network Program Director and ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Director, Eric oversees many aspects of JPR's broadcast day. He still hosts the occasional Open Air or classical music shift, and is the driving force behind JPR Live Sessions - our popular series of live in-studio music performances and conversations.
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