| LC control no. | n 78096790 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mays, Lyle |
| See also | Corporate body: Pat Metheny Group |
| Birth date | 1953-11-27 |
| Death date | 2020-02-10 |
| Place of birth | Wausaukee (Wis.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Music Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Musicians Jazz musicians Keyboard players Composers Arrangers (Musicians) |
| Found in | 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) 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) 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) |
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