I have long been a fan of Pat Metheny, though his jazz roots are over my head. To hear this escapade of musician bashing issue forth from his mouth, troubles me greatly. I have always enjoyed Pat's music for what he added of himself, and I always thought that his "jazz" was highly overrated and stuck-up. Coltrane wanna-be ad-infinitum. His albums of "noodling" over jazz great rhythm players are quite good examples of what he blames Kenny "G" for. You should hear what "Berkeley" students say... I have never been a fan of Mr. "G" and though I feel that many people make an example out of him, I just don't go there. I think that Pat is projecting a great deal of critisizm that is due (and probably been given already) to himself, and is suffering from the disparity that arrises from acadamic musical (un)appreciation. But that's a different issue, for another day.