Lyle Mays
Festival Appearances
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun May 2 | 4:00pm | The Lyle Mays Group | Williams Theatre, Gilmore Theatre Complex, WMU - Kalamazoo | Tickets | Details |
| Sun May 2 | 7:00pm | The Lyle Mays Group | Williams Theatre, Gilmore Theatre Complex, WMU - Kalamazoo | Tickets | Details |
| Mon May 3 | 9:30am | Master Class — Lyle Mays | Dalton Center Multimedia Room | Free | Details |
| Tue May 4 | 2:00pm | Lyle Mays, piano improvisations | Wellspring Theater, Epic Center - Kalamazoo | Tickets | Details |
Artist Bio
Lyle Mays has been an integral part of the Pat Metheny Group since its inception (in 1977) and has co-written much of the consistently engaging music for the multi-Grammy®-winning group’s albums. Mays’ sense of melody, crystal clear virtuosity and almost cinematic scope of orchestration has clearly distinguished the group's sound. As a teenager, he attended jazz summer camps and studied with Rich Matteson and Marian McPartland, among others. Mays studied composition and arrangement at North Texas State University before touring with Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd. While appearing at the 1975 Wichita Jazz Festival, he met twenty-year-old guitarist Metheny and formed a musical alliance that led to 11 Grammy Awards.
