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His solo acoustic guitar albums include New Chautauqua ECM, 1979 , One Quiet Night Warner Bros.

The group integrated new instrumentation and technologies into its work, notably Mays' use of synthesizers.

Ornette Coleman's 1968 album New York Is Now! Their next album 'Offramp' 1982 was their first recording to win a Grammy Award.

The group also had Danny Gottlieb and Mark Egan in its line-up.

He was inducted into the Downbeat Hall of Fame in November, 2013.

By contrast, his album Secret Story Geffen, 1992 used orchestral arrangements found more often in movie soundtracks, such as his own The Falcon and the Snowman EMI, 1985 and A Map of the World Warner Bros.

He worked extensively with Coleman's collaborators, such as Charlie Haden, , and , and he recorded the album Song X 1986 with Coleman and toured with him.

From 1982 to 1985, the Pat Metheny Group released Offramp ECM, 1982 , a live album, Travels ECM, 1983 , First Circle ECM, 1984 , and The Falcon and the Snowman EMI, 1985 , a soundtrack album for the movie of the same name in which they collaborated on the single "This Is Not America" with David Bowie.

Metheny then again delved into solo and band projects, and four years went by before the release of the next Group record, a live album titled The Road to You Geffen, 1993 , which featured tracks from the two Geffen studio albums among new tunes.

Their album 'Still Life Talking ' 1987 combined Brazilian jazz-influenced harmonies with jazz, folk and pop elements.

Patrick Bruce 'Pat' Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer who is acknowledged as one of the greatest contemporary musicians owing to his versatility on any instrument.