Pat Metheny discography
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This is a discography of works by Pat Metheny.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
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| UK [1][2] |
US [3] |
US Jazz [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
JPN [6][7][8] |
SWI [9] |
NLD [10] |
BEL (FL) [11] |
BEL (WA) [12] |
POL | |||||||||
| Bright Size Life |
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— | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Watercolors |
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— | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| New Chautauqua |
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— | 44 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 80/81 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Secret Story | — | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Zero Tolerance for Silence |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| One Quiet Night |
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146 | 167 | 1 | 119 | 74 | 77 | — | — | — | — | 7 | |||||||
| Orchestrion | 176 | 114 | 3 | 77 | 64 | 77 | 83 | 45 | 90 | 81 | 19 |
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| What's It All About |
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164 | 125 | 1 | 153 | 53 | 48 | 80 | — | — | 81 | 11 |
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| From This Place |
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90 | 92 [20] | — | — | 11 | 30 | 12 | 32 | 124 | 61 | 11 | |||||||
| Road to the Sun |
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— | — | — | — | 10 | — | 17 | — | 184 | — | 21 | |||||||
| Dream Box |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| MoonDial |
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— | — | — | — | 54 | — | 48 | — | 177 | — | — | |||||||
| Side-Eye III+ |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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| US Jazz [3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flower Hour |
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| The Orchestrion Project |
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7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hommage à Eberhard Weber |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| The Unity Sessions |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Soundtracks
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Cont Jazz [3] |
GER [22] |
US [3] |
NLD [10] | ||||||||||||||||
| The Falcon and the Snowman |
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— | 44 | 54 | 46 | ||||||||||||||
| Passaggio per il paradiso[citation needed] |
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| A Map of the World |
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7 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Works |
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| Works II |
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| Selected Recordings: rarum IX |
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| Essential Collection Last Train Home |
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Other albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [3] |
FRA [4] |
BEL (FL) [11] |
BEL (WA) [12] | ||
| Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 |
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2 | 177 | 141 | 144 |
Pat Metheny Group
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [25] |
FRA [26] |
JPN [27] |
US [3][28] |
GER [22] |
SWE [29] |
ITA [30] |
POL [31][32] |
NLD [10] | |||||||||||
| Pat Metheny Group |
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— | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| American Garage |
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— | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Offramp |
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— | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Travels (live) |
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— | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| First Circle |
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— | — | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Still Life (Talking) |
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— | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Letter from Home |
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— | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Road to You (live) |
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— | — | — | 170 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| We Live Here |
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102 | — | 45 | 83 | — | 23 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Quartet |
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121 | — | 70 | 187 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Imaginary Day | 104 | — | 51 | 124 | 59 | — | — | — | — |
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| Speaking of Now |
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134 | 72 | 45 | 101 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 2 | — |
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| The Way Up |
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117 | 61 | 34 | 99 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 68 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Pat Metheny Unity Band
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
US [3] |
US Jazz [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [22] |
NLD [10] |
AUT [41] |
NOR [42] |
POL | ||
| Unity Band with Chris Potter, Ben Williams, and Antonio Sánchez |
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189 | 146 | 2 | 171 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 36 | 22 |
Pat Metheny Unity Group
Pat Metheny Trio
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| US Top Jazz [3] | ||
| Trio 99 → 00 |
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2 |
| Trio → Live |
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3 |
Collaborations
With Brad Mehldau
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [3] |
JPN [6] |
FRA [4] |
NLD [10] |
ITA [44] |
GER [22] |
POL | |||||||||||||
| Metheny Mehldau |
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3 | 44 | 60 | 96 | 10 | 98 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Metheny Mehldau Quartet |
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2 | 75 | 124 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Duets
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
US Jazz [3] |
SWE [49] |
POL | ||||||||||||||||
| As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls with Lyle Mays |
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50 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Song X with Ornette Coleman |
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— | 9 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| I Can See Your House from Here with John Scofield |
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181 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) with Charlie Haden |
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— | 1 | 42 | — |
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| Jim Hall & Pat Metheny with Jim Hall |
— | 2 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Upojenie with Anna Maria Jopek |
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— | — | — | 1 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Trios
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
US Jazz [3] |
US Cont Jazz [3] |
JPN [6] |
UK [1] |
FRA [4] |
ITA [44] |
GER [22] |
POL | |||||||||||
| Rejoicing with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins |
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116 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Question and Answer with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes |
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154 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Day Trip with Antonio Sánchez and Christian McBride |
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— | — | 1 | 45 | 197 | 73 | 18 | 68 | 16 | |||||||||
| Tokyo Day Trip with Antonio Sánchez and Christian McBride |
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— | — | 6 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Quartets
| Title | Album details |
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| Jaco with Jaco Pastorius, Paul Bley, and Bruce Ditmas |
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| The Sign of 4 with Derek Bailey, Gregg Bendian, and Paul Wertico |
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With The Heath Brothers
| Title[citation needed] | Album details |
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| All The Things You Are with The Heath Brothers, Gary Burton, Ahmad Jamal, and Trio Hum |
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| Move to the Groove with The Heath Brothers |
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| A Sassy Samba with The Heath Brothers |
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| Parallel Universe with The Heath Brothers |
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| Luminescence: Kool Jazz At Midem with The Heath Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Bill Smith, and B.B. King Orchestra |
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Gary Burton projects
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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| US Jazz [56] |
US Top Jazz [57][58] |
JPN [6] | |||||||||||||||||
| Ring (Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber) |
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| Dreams So Real – Music of Carla Bley (Gary Burton Quintet) |
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25 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers (Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber) |
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25 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Reunion with Pat Metheny, Mitchel Forman, Will Lee, and Peter Erskine |
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1 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Like Minds with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, and Roy Haynes |
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— | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||
| Quartet Live with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, and Antonio Sánchez |
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— | 4 | 100 | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Appearances
Other
| As sideman | Year | Album |
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| "Prato Feito" ("Today's Special"), "Manuel o Audaz" ("Manuel the Brave") | 1980 | Toninho Horta – Toninho Horta |
| "Mutação" ("Mutation") | 1981 | Celia Vaz – Mutação |
| "That Summer Something" | Ross-Levine Band – That Summer something | |
| n/a (guest soloist) | 1983 | Jerry Goldsmith – Under Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Vidro e Corte" ("Glass and Cut") | 1985 | Milton Nascimento – Encontros e Despedidas |
| "Verano en Nueva Inglaterra", "23" | Pedro Aznar – Contemplación | |
| "Overtue Go Down Moses", "Song of Moses" | 1986 | Bob Moses – The Story of Moses |
| "Terra Azul" ("Blue Earth") | 1988 | Ricardo Silveira – Long Distance |
| "Summertime" | Mark Ledford – Miles 2 Go | |
| "Moonstone" | 1989 | Toninho Horta – Moonstone |
| "Depois da Paixão" ("After the Passion") | Túlio Mourão – Teia de Renda | |
| "O Fundo" ("The Background") | Leila Pinheiro – Olho Nu | |
| "It's for You", "How Beautiful", "Watching You" | Akiko Yano – Welcome Back | |
| "Tell Me Where You're Going" | 1990 | Silje Nergaard – Tell Me Where You're Going |
| "Liko Liko (Good Girl)", "Ai Wa Tacusan (Lots of Love)", "Love Life" | 1991 | Akiko Yano – Love Life |
| "Let Joy and Innocence Prevail" | 1992 | Toys: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "Third Stone from the Sun" | 1993 | Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix |
| "Harbor Lights", "Talk of the Town", "China Doll" and "The Tide Will Rise" |
Bruce Hornsby – Harbor Lights | |
| "Don't Look Back" | Paul Wertico – The Yin and the Yout | |
| "Vera Cruz", "Novena", "Amor Amigo" ("Friend Love") | 1994 | Milton Nascimento – Angelus |
| "Manini", "Crazy Saints" | Trilok Gurtu – Crazy Saints | |
| "The Eternal Triangle", "How Insensitive" | The Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters | |
| "White Wheeled Limousine", "Walk in the Sun", "The Changes", "Country Doctor" and "The Longest Night" |
1995 | Bruce Hornsby – Hot House |
| "Throw It Away", "Avec le temps", "Should've Been", "Being Me", | Abbey Lincoln – A Turtle's Dream | |
| "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Brooklyn Bridge" | 1997 | Akiko Yano – Oui Oui |
| "Django" | 1998 | Jim Hall – By Arrangement |
| "Sky and Sea (Blue in Green)" | 1999 | Cassandra Wilson – Traveling Miles |
| "Sounds Like Winter", "Simply Said" | Kenny Garrett – Simply Said | |
| "Something to Remind You" | Philip Bailey – Dreams | |
| "Reverence (The Story of a Miracle)" | 2001 | Richard Bona – Reverence |
| "Noche de ronda (Night of Wandering)" | Charlie Haden – Nocturne | |
| "Ta Ta for Now" | Mike Metheny – Close Enough for Love | |
| "Cantaloupe Island" | 2002 | Milton Nascimento – Pieta |
| "Generalife", "Donde habite el olvido" | 2005 | Enrique Morente – Morente sueña la Alhambra |
| "Never Was Love" | Russ Long, Gerald Spaits, Ray Demarchi – Time to Go | |
| "Shirk", "Article 3" | Meshell Ndegeocello – The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams | |
| "Arena (Sand)", "Solar" | 2007 | Antonio Sanchez – Migration |
| "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" | 2008 | Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy |
| "Ballad for E" | 2011 | Magnus Öström – Thread of Life |
| "Ψεύτικα" | Χάρης Βαρθακούρης – Άρχοντας Του Κόσμου | |
| "Find Me in Your Dreams (en tus sueños)" | 2012 | Estrella Morente – Autorretrato |
| "Nicaragua" | Django Unchained – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "No lo sé" | 2013 | Concha Buika – La noche más larga |
| "Gratitude" | Will Lee – Love, Gratitude and Other Distractions | |
| "Ankara", "Of All People" | Michiel Borstlap – North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts | |
| "Eternity and Beauty (For Pat)" | 2014 | Achinoam Nini (Noa) – Love Medicine |
| "Saludos/Come Thou Almighty King" | Jimmy Greene – Beautiful Life | |
| "Eh Hee 2.0" | 2022 | Antonio Sanchez – SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) |
| "Lujon (Slow Hot Wind)" | 2024 | Henry Mancini – 100th Sessions Henry Has Company |