Lyle Mays

Lyle Mays

p, syn, *1953 US, Wausaukee, Wisconsin
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Jazz

Lyle Mays (born November 27, 1953) is an American jazz pianist from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group, in which he collaborates with Metheny in composition and provides arrangements, orchestration and - most remarkably - the complex harmonic and metric backbone of the group's musical signature.

Instruments

Piano
Synthesizer
Keyboards
Organ
Trumpet

Genres

Jazz
Pop
Soundtrack

Plays With

Lyle Mays Quartet

Pat Metheny Group

The Woody Herman Big Band

Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Ray Starling

Popular Tracks

September Fifteenth on As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

It's For You on As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

Ozark on As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls on As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

Close to Home on Lyle Mays by Lyle Mays

Bill Evans on Fictionary by Lyle Mays

Newborn on Street Dreams by Lyle Mays

Highland Aire on Lyle Mays by Lyle Mays

Estupenda Graca on As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays

Possible Straight on Street Dreams by Lyle Mays

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Solo (Improvisations For Expanded Piano)	Lyle Mays	2000	Album
Moses The Lawgiver	Ben Kingsley, Lyle Mays	1993	Album
Fictionary	Lyle Mays with Marc Johnson and Jack DeJohnette	1993	Album
East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon	Max Von Sydow, Lyle Mays	1991	Album
The Tale Of Peter Rabbit, The Tale Of Mr. Jeremy Fisher & The Tale Of Two Bad Mice	Beatrix Potter, Meryl Streep, Lyle Mays, Art Lande	1988	Album
Feet First	Lyle Mays	1988	Single
Street Dreams	Lyle Mays	1988	Album
Lyle Mays	Lyle Mays	1986	Album
Synth Sketch For "Varying Length"	Lyle Mays / David Frederick	1986	Single
Interviews With Lyle Mays And Pat Metheny	Lyle Mays / Pat Metheny	1986	Album
Highland Aire	Lyle Mays	1986	Album
ECM Presents	Pat Metheny Group, Keith Jarrett, John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette, Lyle Mays	1984	Album
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls	Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays	1981	Album
It's For You (Edit)	Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays	1981	Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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