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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
Pat Metheny
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Pat Metheny
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
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Lee's Summit
Missouri
Patrick Bruce Metheny
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