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Lyle Mays

real name Lyle David Mays

United States · 1953-11-27 – 2020-02-10

Lyle Mays is credited on 854 releases across 173 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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854

Credits

173

Albums

6

Decades active

347

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Lyle Mays (November 27, 1953 - February 10, 2020) was 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 collaborated with Metheny in composition and provided arrangements, orchestration and - most remarkably - the complex harmonic and metric backbone of the group's musical signature.

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854 releases · 173 albums · active 1974–2026

  • Performance · 3,448
  • Other credits · 102
  • Production · 72

Studios: Talent Studio · Power Station · Long View Farm Studios · The Hit Factory

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