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[email protected] High-resolution images of the artists listed are available on Wolf Trap’s website: wolftrap.org/Media_and_Newsroom/Photos_for_Publication.aspx Wolf Trap Presents Pat Metheny Unity Group and Bruce Hornsby, Classic Albums Live: Pink Floyd—Dark Side of the Moon, Jim Gaffigan, Gavin DeGraw and Matt Nathanson with Andrew McMahon All Shows at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia 22182 Pat Metheny Unity Group Bruce Hornsby With Sonny Emory Campfire Tour 2014 Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 7:30 pm The Grammy-winning Pat Metheny Unity Group will headline alongside fellow jazz legend Bruce Hornsby for the collaborative Campfire Tour 2014. The show will also feature multiplatinum studio drummer Sonny Emory. In 2012 composer Pat Metheny brought together elite musicians to form the Unity Group, or what he calls a “Technicolor, IMAX version” of a jazz band. Metheny plays the guitar and guitar synthesizer for the group, while Ben Williams handles bass guitar, Chris Potter works the saxophone, Antonio Sanchez provides drums, and Giulio Carmassi is a triple threat on keyboard, trumpet, and vocals. The quintet’s eponymous debut album won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, bringing Metheny’s Grammy count to 20. The group’s 2014 release, Kin (←→), hit No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and No. 50 on the Billboard 200. AllMusic.com particularly praises Metheny’s musicality on this release, saying it gives the album “an almost hummable sense of melodic euphoria.” Video: Pat Metheny Unity Group – Kin (←→) Preview Virginia native pianist Bruce Hornsby returns to his roots to serenade audiences with a folk and jazz- infused set.