Mays, Lyle
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Name (Latin)
Mays, Lyle
Date of birth
1953-11-27
Date of death
2020-02-10
Field of activity
Jazz
Music
Occupation
Arrangers (Musicians)
Composers
Jazz musicians
Keyboard players
Musicians
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- New York times online, viewed February 13, 2020(obituary dated February 12, 2020: Lyle Mays; Lyle David Mays; born November 27, 1953, Wausaukee, Wisconsin; died Monday [February 10, 2020] in Simi Valley, California; keyboardist, composer, and arranger best known for his long association with the guitarist Pat Metheny)
- Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 12, 2020(in obituary dated Feb. 11, 2020: Lyle Mays, a jazz keyboardist whose work, chiefly with the Pat Metheny Group, won nearly a dozen Grammy Awards, died Feb. 10 in Los Angeles. He was 66. He co-founded the Pat Metheny Group with guitarist Metheny in the 1970s, where he was a performer, composer and arranger. The group's fusion style incorporated rock, contemporary jazz and world music. Mr. Mays also was a sideman for albums by jazz, rock and pop artists. He helped compose soundtrack music for several movies. Lyle David Mays was born in Wausaukee, Wis., on Nov. 27, 1953)
- Metheny, P. Pat Metheny Group [SR] p1978 (a.e.)container (Lyle Mays, piano, synthesizer, autoharp)
- New Grove dict. of jazz(Mays, Lyle (David); b. 1953, Wisconsin; keyboard player and composer)
- Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed.(Mays, Lyle; b. Nov. 27, 1953, Wausaukie, Wis.; keyboard player)
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Wikipedia description:
Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awards.
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