Recent Pat Metheny Updates
Neptunes, Evanescence Top List of BMI Grammy Nominees
BMI songwriter/artists are once again at the top of the nominees list for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, announced December 4 at a press conference held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pharrell Williams of red hot production duo, The Neptunes, leads the BMI pack with six nods including three individual and three with partner Chad Hugo, who himself earned…
BMI Jazz Giants Dominate Readers Poll
BMI's top names in jazz once again dominated the year end JazzTimes Readers Poll, winning more than 70% of the categories. Topping the list was jazz bassist Dave Holland with four wins, including Best Acoustic Bass and Best Arranger, as well as Best Acoustic Group for the Dave Holland Quintet and Best Big Band for the Dave Holland Big Band. …
BMI’s Norah Jones Dominates The 45th Annual Grammy Awards
Come Away With Me, the debut album and single by 23-year old Norah Jones, was the big winner in February 23’s Grammy Awards Presentations at NYC’s Madison Square Garden. Jones’s sultry vocals and piano styling led her first CD to grab the coveted Recording Academy Gramophones in the top categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.…
Sheryl Crow, Eminem, Norah Jones Top Grammy Nominees List
BMI songwriter/artists Sheryl Crow, Eminem and Norah Jones lead the list of nominees for this year's Grammy Awards with five nods each. Nominees were announced today (1/7) at a press conference at New York's Madison Square Garden. The 45th Grammy Awards will be held on February 23 at the Garden, and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 (ET/PT).
Faith Hill Tops BMI’s List of Grammy Winners
Country singer and BMI songwriter Faith Hill was a big winner at the 43rd annual Grammy Awards, presented February 21 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Hill, a first time winner, took home Grammys for Best Country Album (Breathe), Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("Breathe") and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Let's Make…
BMI Dominates Billboard/BET On Jazz Awards
BMI jazz artists had a huge night at the recent Billboard/BET On Jazz Awards presented during the first annual Billboard/BET On Jazz Conference in Washington, DC. Multiple winners included Kenny G, who took home six awards, and Diana Krall (SOCAN) and Keith Jarrett, who each won three awards.
Pat Metheny Broadening the Boundaries of Jazz

In a remarkably prolific and consistently influential 25-year, 25-album recording career, renowned jazz guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has explored an impressively varied array of compositional approaches and instrumental formats. In the process, he's helped to redraw the boundaries of jazz. Metheny's distinctively warm, lyrical guitar lines and accessibly melodic compositions have won the respect of rock fans as well as jazz loyalists. Though he's most familiar to the…
BMI Scores in Year End Jazz Polls
1999 DownBeat Jazz Reader's Poll 74% of Winners are BMI Composers; JazzTimes Jazz Artist of the Century Poll 70% BMI Affiliated Composers The 1999 DownBeat Jazz Reader's Poll once again illustrates that the preeminent jazz artists are members of BMI. 74% of those who received awards are BMI composers. Topping the list was the late vibraphonist…
