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- | '''Lyle David Mays''' (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American [[jazz pianist]] and composer best known as a member of the [[Pat Metheny Group]]. Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven [[Grammy Awards]]. | + | {{R from move}} |
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- | ==Biography== | + | |
- | While growing up, Mays had four main interests: chess, mathematics, architecture, and music. His parents were musically inclined – his mother was a pianist, his father was a guitarist – and he was able to study the piano with the help of instructor Rose Barron. She allowed Mays the opportunity to practice [[improvisation]] after the structured elements of the lesson were completed. At age 9 he played organ at a family member's wedding, and at age 14 he began to play organ in church. In summer camp he was introduced to important jazz artists. | + | |
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- | The [[Bill Evans]]' album ''[[Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival|At the Montreux Jazz Festival]]'' and [[Miles Davis]]' album ''[[Filles de Kilimanjaro]]'' (both recorded in 1968) were important influences on his formation as a jazz musician. He graduated from the [[University of North Texas]] after attending the [[University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire]]. He composed and arranged for the [[One O'Clock Lab Band]] and was the composer and arranger of [[Grammy]]-nominated album ''Lab 75''. | + | |
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- | After leaving North Texas, Mays toured with [[Woody Herman]]'s group for approximately eight months. In 1974, he met [[Pat Metheny]] with whom he later founded the [[Pat Metheny Group]]. Mays has won eleven Grammy Awards with the Pat Metheny Group and has been nominated for four others for his own work. | + | |
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- | In an interview with ''JAZZIZ'' magazine in 2016, Mays revealed his current career as a software manager. | + | |
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- | On June 25, 2019, ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' listed Lyle Mays among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the [[2008 Universal fire]]. | + | |
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- | ==Work== | + | |
- | In the Pat Metheny Group, Mays provided [[arrangements]], [[orchestration]], and the harmonic and metric backbone of the group's musical signature. He occasionally performed on electric guitar as well. He played trumpet on the songs "Forward March" and "Yolanda You Learn" from the album ''[[First Circle (album)|First Circle]]'' (1984) and during the tour for that album. | + | |
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- | His albums as a leader reflect a variety of interests. ''[[Lyle Mays (album)|Lyle Mays]]'' and ''Street Dreams'' build on the content of the Pat Metheny Group, while ''Fictionary'' is a straight-ahead jazz trio session featuring fellow North Texan [[Marc Johnson (musician)|Marc Johnson]] on bass and [[Jack DeJohnette]] on drums. | + | |
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- | He also composed and recorded music for children's records, such as ''Tale of Peter Rabbit'', with text read by [[Meryl Streep]]. | + | |
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- | [[Steppenwolf Theater|The Steppenwolf Theater Company]] of Chicago featured an assortment of compositions by Lyle Mays and Pat Metheny for their production of [[Lyle Kessler]]'s play ''[[Orphans (Lyle Kessler play)|Orphans]]''. | + | |
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- | He composed classical music such as "Twelve Days in the Shadow of a Miracle", a piece for harp, flute, viola, and synthesizer (recorded in 1996 by the Debussy Trio). | + | |
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- | ==Instruments== | + | |
- | Mays played a [[Steinway & Sons|Steinway Grand Piano]] with built-in [[MIDI]]. He used an [[Oberheim polyphonic|Oberheim 8 Voice Synth]], a Sequential Circuits [[Prophet 5]], [[Kurzweil K250]], [[Korg DW-8000]],[[Synclavier]], and [[Korg Triton]] keyboards, among others. | + | |
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- | ==Death== | + | |
- | On February 10, 2020, it was confirmed that Mays had died after a battle with a "recurring illness". | + | |
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- | ==Select discography== | + | |
- | ===Solo=== | + | |
- | * ''[[Lyle Mays (album)|Lyle Mays]]'' ([[Geffen Records|Geffen]], 1986) | + | |
- | * ''Street Dreams'' (Geffen, 1988) | + | |
- | * ''Fictionary'' (Geffen, 1993) | + | |
- | * ''Solo: Improvisations for Expanded Piano'' ([[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], 2000) | + | |
- | * ''The Ludwigsburg Concert'' ([[Naxos Records|Naxos]], 2016) | + | |
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- | ===Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays=== | + | |
- | * ''[[As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls]]'' ([[ECM Records|ECM]], 1981) | + | |
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- | ===Pat Metheny Group=== | + | |
- | [[Pat Metheny Group#Discography]] | + | |
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- | ===Pat Metheny=== | + | |
- | * ''[[Watercolors (Pat Metheny album)|Watercolors]]'' (ECM, 1977) | + | |
- | * ''[[Secret Story (album)|Secret Story]]'' (Geffen, 1992) | + | |
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- | ===As sideman=== | + | |
- | * ''The Sound of the Wasp'', [[Phil Wilson (trombonist)|Phil Wilson]] (ASI, 1975) | + | |
- | * ''[[Home (Steve Swallow album)|Home]]'', [[Steve Swallow]] (ECM, 1979) | + | |
- | * ''[[Shadows and Light (Joni Mitchell album)|Shadows and Light]]'', [[Joni Mitchell]] ([[Asylum Records|Asylum]], 1980) | + | |
- | * ''[[Later That Evening]]'', [[Eberhard Weber]] (ECM, 1982) | + | |
- | * ''When Elephants Dream of Music'', [[Bob Moses (musician)|Bob Moses]] ([[Gramavision]], 1982) | + | |
- | * ''Girl at Her Volcano'', [[Rickie Lee Jones]] (Warner Bros., 1983) | + | |
- | * ''Contemplación'', [[Pedro Aznar]] (Tabriz, 1984) | + | |
- | * ''[[Mrs. Soffel]]'', film soundtrack, released on ''[[Film Music (album)|Film Music]]'', [[Mark Isham]] ([[Windham Hill Records|Windham Hill]], 1985) | + | |
- | * ''Betty Buckley'', [[Betty Buckley]] (Rizzoli, 1986) | + | |
- | * ''The Story of Moses'', Bob Moses (Gramavision, 1987) | + | |
- | * ''Heritage'', [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 1990) | + | |
- | * ''Medicine Music'', [[Bobby McFerrin]] ([[EMI Records|EMI]], 1990) | + | |
- | * ''Premonition'', [[Paul McCandless]] (Windham Hil, 1991l) | + | |
- | * ''Live in Warsaw'' (1976), [[Woody Herman]] ([[Storyville Records|Storyville]], 1992) | + | |
- | * ''Falling Out'', [[Igor Butman]] (Impromptu, 1994) | + | |
- | * ''Points of View'', [[Nando Lauria]] ([[Narada Productions|Narada]], 1994) | + | |
- | * ''Noa'', [[Achinoam Nini|Noa]] (Geffen, 1994) | + | |
- | * ''East Coast West Coast'', [[Toots Thielemans]] ([[Private Music]], 1994) | + | |
- | * ''Schemes and Dreams'', Pat Coil ([[Sheffield Lab]], 1994) | + | |
- | * ''Fifteen Year Anniversary'', [[Betty Buckley]] (K.O., 2000) | + | |
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- | ==See also== | + | |
- | * [[Jim Beard]] | + | |
- | * [[Russell Ferrante]] | + | |
- | * [[Joe Zawinul]] | + | |
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