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mountain Mar 25 2014 at 3:52 PM	i truly believe it is unfortunate that more folks are not exposed to music like Pat and the Unity Group. Pat and the band get a Grammy, but they are not on the prime time show. It would be awesome if Pat could do the Tonight Show. Have a little fun with Jimmy Fallon and the Orchestrion gear and then have the band play an abbreviated tune. I recall when David Sanborn hosted Night Music. Two or three different artists or bands would play and then at the end , they all would play together. It was marvelous and yes Pat did one of the shows. Great way for people to be exposed to a variety of music. It was short lived. VH1 also did a show where an artist would be the VJ and would select music videos to air, as well as playing their own stuff live. Another good opportunity to expose folks to other artists and new music. Any other ideas to expose this music or other sources that exist that I am not aware of?
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MarcNebo Aug 28 2020 at 9:36 PM	Last night I watched the Pat Metheny Group on David Sanborn’s Night Music TV show on YouTube. They played "Have You Heard?" and the band was Pat, Lyle, Steve, Paul, Pedro Aznar and Armando Marcal (?). Very well filmed and good sound. Damn Pat, Lyle and Steve look young. Not sure what year it was broadcast.
naut Oct 24 2014 at 12:15 PM	This doesn’t have anything to do with Pat, but mention of the Tonight Show brought to mind that Clark Terry, the first black band leader of the TSO (not to be confused with Terri Clark, the c&w singer, whom I don’t believe has ever been on the Tonight Show), is still with us at 93 & living in Pine Bluff, Ark. (near my hometown). He’s one jazzman I’d love to spend a little time with (he & Ray Brown, esp.), but that will ever happen. Great guy, though; I read his autobio....
toneman Oct 23 2014 at 12:28 PM	Mountain to answer your question, apparently one exposure-increasing idea is to make recordings available on I-Tunes for free, with automatic installation on new ipods and iphones
toneman Oct 22 2014 at 2:10 PM	interesting idea; but Pat doesn’t seem like the kind of artist to be chompin at the bit for more exposure. Seems he just wants to do his thing & if people like it, fair enough. Especially when such an appearance could only be a mere sound-byte of his experience & we all know how he feels about the myopia of soundbytes and contemporary society’s ringtone ADD. If it’s a quest for exposure, he’s likely happier to devote time playing gigs to fans around the globe that already appreciate him (currently in China & Australia) rather than making a guest appearance on American late night TV with the likes of Miley Cyrus.
patsfan Oct 20 2014 at 11:02 PM	Come on , just give up on the Tonight Show !!!! Ain’t Pat’s style , no way . He’s a individualist , not selling himself on TV. ( certainly doesn’t need to with 20 Grammys ) . . That’s why we like him, he’s his own man.
alan2461 Oct 13 2014 at 5:22 PM	Problem with these talk shows, is they give the artist maybe 5 minutes to play, if even that much. You can’t really appreciate Pat in 5 minutes, if you’re not already a fan. He would make a much better guest as an interviewee because he has always so many insightful things to say.
StPatrick Oct 12 2014 at 7:48 PM	I was thinking and hoping that Pat might do The David Letterman show. When he is in town doing his Blue Note gigs in December. He is friends with Will Lee and Dave will be leaving soon. So this could be his last chance to do it. Figures cross!!!
Trust Jun 11 2014 at 1:04 PM	Charlie Rose is good if you can get a word in edge wise.
patsfan Jun 10 2014 at 11:37 PM	Well, I’ll be emailing Charlie Rose. .... Love to see Pat do this
Mike S. Jun 10 2014 at 12:15 PM	What about the Colbert bump?! He has a lot of musicians on his show!
HAMBONE Jun 06 2014 at 1:26 PM	patsfan, I agree. Charlie Rose would be the right guy for a serious open discussion and I think Pat would probably be receptive to the idea. God call
hman01 Jun 06 2014 at 10:46 AM	patsfan-I second that interview with Charlie Rose.That would be awesome!!!
patsfan Jun 05 2014 at 11:57 PM	Guys, I love To watch John Stewart , but I just can’t see Pat being the perfect mix. Actually, I’d like to see Charlie Rose interview Pat about jazz and It’s relevance and popularity in the whole world scene.....especially since since Pat tours outside of Us more than in. I much more serious and informative venue, I think.
Mike S. Jun 04 2014 at 11:48 AM	Well I sent MY email to the Daily Show!!
mountain May 28 2014 at 3:46 PM	The Daily Show and Later...with Jools Holland are good recommendations.
bebe May 27 2014 at 5:12 PM	Yes we should Mike!
Mike S. May 25 2014 at 4:20 AM	We should start an email campaign to the Daily Show to have the Unity Group as guests!!!
mortbike May 09 2014 at 8:55 PM	just a thought,,, pat likes to fly under the radar, lets the music stand on its own.... the show with regis and kathylee during the secret story tour, watch it on youtube , kathylee did her research!!!!!!
tiny_tim May 09 2014 at 1:50 AM	Tom Snyder, and those ubiquitous cigarettes he would smoke....those were the days.:)
hman01 May 08 2014 at 8:34 AM	One of my favorite Pat interviews was way back in the day with the late Tom Snyder on his overnight radio show. Secret Story had just been released and Tom said "This ain’t exactly Walkin’ My Baby Back Home."Snyder was one of my favorite interviewers,but he did throw out a few dumb questions that night.Pat,of course,was very gracious and gave some great answers.I know I have this interview on cassette tape somewhere,but I can’t find it.
yossarian May 07 2014 at 9:24 AM	The Daily Show would be a good fit. Here in the UK there are very few suitable shows.... only Jools Holland, which Pat appeared on 10 years ago, but without a band - still it was good. Jools is sometimes overrun with soundalike indie bands but does his best to get more diverse sounds on there. What’s so incredible is that with the proliferation of TV channels there is no more opportunities for quality to gain exposure. Mind you, do we want PM on the mainstream, answering dumb questions, having to play the game? The best music you have to look for. It was always that way anyhow.
bebe Apr 30 2014 at 6:28 PM	I would love to see Pat on the Daily Show. Pat mentioned the show in an interview. I think he would be a good fit.
hman01 Apr 15 2014 at 9:56 AM	tiny-tim-I like your idea even better!
tiny_tim Apr 14 2014 at 12:38 PM	hman1...maybe like a "Live at Daryl’s House"?? Seen some great programmes, esp with Todd Rundgren at Daryl’s place and then Daryl coming to Todd’s place in Hawaii !!!
hman01 Apr 14 2014 at 8:24 AM	Hey,I,ve got an idea.Pat and the band could have their own show.They could sit around and talk hot topics like the The View or The Talk.they could do cooking segments,talk with celebrities,etc.BUT,THE MUSIC WOULD BE PURE AND UNADULTERATED>Just a thought.................
linda2011 Apr 13 2014 at 7:09 PM	I think Steven Colbert and Jimmy Fallon would be receptive. At least more air time on Public Television is needed. I often wondered why a winner of so many Grammy Awards was not on television. America is losing out by not hearing & seeing Pat Metheny and the UNITY Band.
BUCKY60 Mar 28 2014 at 7:17 AM	I would love to see PM on a number of shows. One I thought, several years ago, would be good was SNL. Don’t know if this would be good idea now. In years gone by the sound of the musical guests seemed to be much better than the sound quality now. I also do not believe that the overall quality of SNL is what it used to be. Not much of a fan of most of the musical guests they have. Not sure if any of the late nite talk shows are worthy now either. May be I am just too old. Overall I wish that PM would appear more an T.V. somewhere - PBS etc.. When and if PM appears on T.V. maybe this web site will give us an advanced headsup so we can tune in.
patsfan Mar 27 2014 at 11:30 PM	One of my biggest bitches ( ask my wife, friends etc). Is that music is marketed and broadcasted universally like FAST FOOD. Believe me, 3 out of 4 people I ask haven’t a clue who Pat is, and don’t care, period. Nore do they care about music really. ... It’s just background fast food. Hence I’m not for the Tonight Show idea. .... It’ll just go over their heads, and in a way cheapen the true jazz experience like we know it. You have to discover and love jazz on your own terms, no way around it. Sorry, but mainstream USA just doesn’t ...and will probably never. ... GET IT
HAMBONE Mar 27 2014 at 10:52 PM	To piggyback tiny tim, I remember a session on the old Carson show with his amazing NBC Orchestra and John McLaughin, pretty cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om6HDUKBbzE
hman01 Mar 27 2014 at 6:36 PM	They used to play the "Last Train Home" video on New Visions with Ben Sidran on VH1.It was a cool show that came on late Saturday nights…..back in the day,of course.Heck,I even remember when you could see some good ’ole classical music on the A & E network.But now Arts and Entertainment is considered to be Duck Dynasty and stuff like that now.Go figure………..
Willbur Mar 27 2014 at 9:21 AM	" I recall when David Sanborn hosted Night Music." The PMG played a ripping version of "Have You Heard" on that show and Sanborn introduced the Band as "one of my favorites". Got an old VHS of that somewhere....
tiny_tim Mar 26 2014 at 7:21 PM	For those old enough to.....The Tonight Show during Johnny Carson’s tenure had the mightiest TV band ever (no dis-respect to Roots followers), and was fronted by trumpet er supreme Doc Severinsen. I would watch the show not only for the cracking laughs, skits, etc., but when Doc and the "Orchestra" fired up those greatly arranged charts it was mesmerizing. Speaking of great Music emissions, there was Saturday Night Special fronted by Wolfman Jack!
alan2461 Mar 26 2014 at 5:12 PM	It’s not like Pat has never been on TV. I believe he did the tonight show with Jay Leno back in ’92. He was on Later with Jools Holland. There’s so much more, Austin city limits, Regis and Kathy lee. Good morning America. And Sessions at 54th st, that I was lucky enough to be in the studio audience.
davidk Mar 26 2014 at 3:05 PM	yeh it’s sad there seems to be little chance for that ..... if i remember correct every now & then Pat sits in with Lettermans band ? also surprised PBS does not pick up more on metheny for whatever reason .
HAMBONE Mar 26 2014 at 12:48 PM	Pat was on Letterman back in the 80s with Gary Burton’s quintet. And he has been on PBS in the past, probably as far back as the 80s also. But unfortunately the major stations and late night shows just don’t think Pat and jazz musicians in general fit their programming tatse. Or, in other words, they just aren’t hip enough to get it.
Bikenjazz Mar 26 2014 at 10:26 AM	Saw Pat on Letterman once I believe, with Gary Burton in the foreground. Also, saw the great drummer Roy Haynes. But, I find it almost deplorable as to the so called quality of groups that appear on those shows or Saturday night live etc, etc........Mr. Metheny, with his 20 grammys in 10 different categories is still relatively unknown..........and for the most part in my opinion, jazz is almost a dirty word in our culture.......Only the caring and lucky minority actually have or take the time to "listen" and absorb................Look at the market share of jazz in the music business and how everything has changed. Tony Bennett has some interesting comments on the biz as does Chick Corea......................Europe has embraced Mr. Metheny much more than our instant gratification culture................
tomm Mar 26 2014 at 9:59 AM	During the "Secret Story" tour, Pat played "SeeThe World" on the "Tonight Show." He’s done Letterman a couple of times, at least once with Gary Burton. but I agree he’s past due for some exposure on those shows.
bluepno Mar 26 2014 at 7:40 AM	Night Music with David Sanborn was one of the most refreshing music programs ever broadcasted...Great format with excellent musicians.
Tom Rudd Mar 26 2014 at 6:13 AM	I bellieve Pat Metheny was on David Letterman with Gary Burton sometime back in the 90’s.
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