Lyle Mays
Appearance
Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was best known as a member of the Pat Metheny Group.[1][2] Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awards. He was born in Wausaukee, Wisconsin.
On February 10, 2020, Mays died after a long-illness in Los Angeles, aged 66.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "NTSU Lab Band Record on Sale". Denton Record-Chronicle. October 2, 1974. p. 22. Retrieved December 5, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Grammy Nomination to Lab Band Album". The Courier-Gazette. January 30, 1976. p. 2. Retrieved December 5, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Lyle Mays, of Pat Metheny Group, Dies at 66", Best Classic Bands, February 11, 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020
Other websites
[change | change source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lyle Mays.
- Lyle Mays: Shop Talk at JazzTimes
- The Low Down on The Way Up – The making of The Way Up Archived 2019-06-30 at the Wayback Machine