Pat Metheny

MILES DAVIS

‘FOUR’ & MORE COLUMBIA, 1966

This is the first record of its kind I ever heard, and it was almost an accident, because somebody had given it to my brother. I was 11, and my world in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was limited to what was on the radio – but there was nothing like . People say you have to develop a taste for this kind of music, and you’ve got to learn about the history. That may be true for some, but for me as an 11-year-old it took five seconds… The first bit of Tony Williams’s ride cymbal, that was it. I’ve heard