The proceeds from Pat Metheny's
second gig in his new European tour in Assisi Thursday night
will go to those hit by last year's earthquakes in Norcia,
organisers said Tuesday.
The great Missouri guitarist, recently included in Downbeat's
Hall of Fame joining guitarists who have gone down in the
history of jazz like Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian e Wes
Montgomery, has entitled his tour An Evening with Pat Metheny.
The event at Assisi's Lyrick theatre, starting a tour which
aims to survey the legendary career of a musician with 20
Grammies to his name, was "strongly and generously desired" by
Methendy, according to a statement from Perugia-based Umbria
Jazz, as a gesture of solidarity for the region that suffered
death and devastation in last year's quakes.
It is also a "sign of friendship" for the Umbrian festival,
which has hosted him on numerous occasions in the last 20 years
and where he has built on his cult following.
Metheny's tour, which kicks off in San Benedetto del Tronto
tomorrow night and winds up in Rome May 8, will mark the debut
of a new group which he is particularly satisfied with: an
international quarter with his long-term drummer, Mexico's
Antonio Sanchez, flanked by newcomers Gwilym Simcock, a British
pianist, and bass player Linda Oh, a Malaysian with Chinese
parents who grew up in Australia and now lives in New York.
The gig will feature well-loved songs alongside material that
has hardly ever been performed, Metheny said.
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