What a beautiful sound. Lyle music is so sensitive. I showed to my friends and they didn't like it....Well I think this kind of music is for deep persons with a sensitive soul. And the percentage of people that likes it shows that the majority are shallow.

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss

And now he's gone. Another musical genius fades into eternity.

Lyle's gone home. We were blessed to have him.

Being fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, there is a word in Portuguese that comes to mind when I listen to some of Lyle's music, "saudade". The best way I can defne it in English is, the sadness one feels when you remember happy moments.

Close to home..you are home now. The greatest of this generation..a gift given to us and returned to God.

RIP Lyle Mays 素晴らしい音楽、演奏ありがとう！from Japan

Thank you so much Lyle Thank you. you are always in my heart. R.I.P.

One of my blessings in life is that it has been filled with music from Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. Rest in peace, Lyle.

This was sent to me by a dear friend. It’s one of the pieces that I listen to when I am rowing on the ocean, and it’s one that you can just close your eyes and glide along in the rhythm of it, and totally lose yourself in the music. It’s sad to know that he is gone, but certainly will not be forgotten. Thank you Julie for sending me this.😘

An incredible musician, I had the pleasure to meet him once at the Miami Night Center back in 86 during a tour with the Pat Metheny Group. I congratulated him on his first solo album which it meant so much to me. At the time, I was having a hard time trying to find my way, but there was this special music and especially this song "Close To Home," although it didn't have words, it still had some melancholic melody that was so beautiful... and it did opened up my mind and soul where I was able to go deep within myself and allowed me to mediate. At the end of the concert all of them came out and before going to Pat, I went straight to Lyle since I wanted to tell him what his album meant to me. He was pleased to find that there actually were people who really paid attention to his composing and playing; a real nice guy. One of the most precious things about Lyle was his incredible crystal sense of melody..... trait impossible to replicate which is why is so special. R.I.P Lyle, I will always remember you and your music.....it really changed the way I listen to music.

Bawling my eyes out, just having learned of his passing .... what a glorious, sublime musician! RIP Lyle, and thank you so much for your music.

RIP dear Lyle. We appreciate your creations as one shackled now set free to love and live. Your tender touch opened up so so many hearts and still does.

God bless you Lyle. One of the most unique, spiritual, gentle and inspiring musicians ever. Such a great loss. You will be remembered. Thanks for making our lives so beautiful

Lyle, I never found more beauty in compositions, than in yours. There are MANY artists out there, some of them GREAT, in a musical way. But, please excuse, that I find your musical heart as the greatest under our sun. It shifts the meaning of music into a soul like realm. Which is, what all musicians try to achieve, but only a view do. And under those view, you are my master. You did so unbelievably well.... As long as I exist, you are alive, too... That is my promise to you... I will tell everyone, who was the guy which filled my eyes with tears, because of musical beauty. And by knowing, that I will never say that to another person in my life, again: Thank you, Lyle, for EVER and a day!

Rest in Peace Mr Lyle Mays: 10 February 2020. You will be really missed. Genius musician with beautiful heart.

There are no words. He was a genius.

...It is my humble belief that The Great Power selects certain souls to be amongst us for a specific purpose...These Souls act as beacons for us...We go torward them to learn of Life...We seek Love, Happiness, Kindness, Generosity, Compassion and Understanding of why we are here in this Life...Perfection is beyond our ability as a Human Being...Striving for it is in our Soul...Lyle Mays was one of the Souls sent here with such a marvelous purpose...This piece of music could only have been created with Love and Purpose...In in are many folds of Life...Each containing some type of explanation...These souls are, generally, found in the Arts...This is where we go to find explanations and definitions of the mysteries that confront us throughout Life...These Arts allow a "Oneness" with ourself...We need nothing more than what they present to us...I am certain that Lyle had no concept of the belief I present here...That is understandable because what he did, he felt, was exactly what he was supposed to do...People, as they should, applaud his talent, mastery and innovation...I prefer to be thankful for the insights of LIfe I have gleaned through his music...The Soul of Lyle is now Home...He has completed his task...He has opened doors and shed light on many things that perplex us...The contemporary World (November 2022) is a harsh place...Seemingly devoid of all the facets which we seek...History is replete with such times...I think, however, that there were Souls tasked with being beacons throughout History...Souls who acted for us through their ability to show us beauty...Human development is a slow, slow process...Two steps forward...Three steps back...What these beacons have done is to give us hope, strength and resilience in developing ourself...What we call Life goes on and on...Love and Understanding have no limits nor boundaries...Death is merely a point in an endless journey of development...I learned certain aspects of Life as a nineteen year old Army Infantry Lieutenant in Vietnam...Badly wounded in the late Spring of '68...Fourteen months in the hospital getting put back together...I am a Seeker who looks to understand something of this amazement called Life...These beacons, such as Lyle, refresh us and push us forward in our Journey...So much beauty in such an act...It is the beauty which eludes us...We think it is one thing...I think it is everything..."...I am certain of nothing...Except the holiness of the Heart's affections...And the truth of the Imagination..."(Keats)... Blessings to all Points of the Compass/James Patrick Casey

There are heartfelt prayers in this music that can only come from his soul. Imagine his soul to be able to play like this!

Un grande artista...sonorità inedite, armonie sublimi, creatività eccellenti, improvvisazioni impeccabili...un genio ineguagliabile....R.I.P.

I listen to this, tears well up, I see him going home.....R.i.P Lyle Mays....you left us with so very much....

Tema mágico, despierta una sensibilidad inmensa. Me hace sentir cerca de la casa de mi infancia

Lyle, please feel free to continue touching our souls. No one has ever played such beautiful notes.

February !0, 2020: Farewell Maestro Lyle Mays - Thank You for adding great beauty to this world. You will be missed. Thank You.

Amazing how at odds my mother and I were towards the end of her life. She suffered from demons and mental illness. Still, she left me with wonderful taste in furniture and music. She left her mark whether I liked it or not. Mama...

Lyle... a truly blessed musician...

RIP Lyle...thanks for your great contribution to the art music.

I MISS LYLE MAYS, HIS MUSIC WAS THE SOUND TRACK OF MY LATE TWENTIES, HE WAS AND IS THE GINGER, THE ROSEMARY, THE BASIL, OF OUR LIVES, EVEN TODAY, I FEEL A PROFOUND SENSE OF LOSS, THE BEST OF THE HUMAN RACE

Thank You Lyle. Many of your tunes transport me to wonderful memories of people and places.

Lyle and Pat came into my life just when I was at my lowest in 1988. He's a Gift to so many who know and Love such Great music!!!!!!

Close to Home Lyle Mays 💕 R.I.P. You have given so much beautiful music to the world 🎼🎹

How many of us came to love Lyle because we were first "hooked" by Pat? Both essential. Not one above the other. 10Feb2020....felt like I lost a family member. A wife and four children brought up to find comfort in these creations that made our house a home that they wistfully remember when they come to visit and hear it again.

...this is Lyle's writing without Metheny...Amazing work !! Still my fav after more than 30 years !!

My beautiful friend Donne loved The Pat Metheny Group and especially Lyle Mays. we even went to their concert. Recently she made transition after a very long illness, knowing in my spirit how she loved this music, I called her caretaker and asked her to play it for her and she did. I called back the next day and was told she just smiled. While transitioning this music gave her joy!!! Sojourn Donne with love!!!

One of the most sublime pieces of music of all time! Gorgeous timeless feelings… Sophisticated meditation music. Sounds and melodies and textures to take you beyond all ordinary and mundane... into transcendence.

one of the best music-track of the universe... 4ever

This song sends me on a journey that I never want to end.

What a wonderful composer you heard him in all he wrote for metheny. RIP LYLE!

Really a masterpiece...

Lyle Mays creator of the most beautiful melodies. R.I.P

Long Live Lyle!!! Eternally existing through the sweet sound of the keys! #RIP

A most plaintively expressive piece by a masterful, progressive keyboardist

Wonderful Music played by a genius. Can't afford to lose people like this too early.

Never before in my life have I been more saddened by the passing of another musician as now with Lyle Mays. Now among the stars in Heaven..

Timeless masterpiece. Lyle Mays was without equal.

brillant lyle one of the best ever and my favorite

Rest in peace my friend even though we never knew each other your music made so very happy i cant have enough words to get my feelings through my chest and heart. This song is very special to me and i whish it would be played over and over when i die. I ll die so very happy because of you my friend. Love you Lyle, love you. Hope we meet one day.

this is heaven....thanx Mr Mays ......

how do you even "comprehend this" piece? Sheer BEAUTY!! the arrangement of this just mesmerizes you into a BLISS of ??????? right put your OWN words to it! this song takes me away from here!!! #LMtheBEST

This fills me with such joy and peace every time I listen.

Why do the Good always die young ?His music always found it's way to my heart. Sorry, I never got to meet him or heard him perform live.Thank you for your special gift of music. R.I.P.

So beautiful & moving… I was truly saddened when he transitioned, but thank Goddess he left us these wonderful musical expressions. 🙏🏼

There has never been a musician like Lyle Mays, and probably never will. Pure genius! I hope you can contribute your musical beautiness in heaven. RIP! You are loved! This track goes striahgt to my heart, thank you Lyle ;)

This piece just can´t explain how we feel... You close your eyes and follow your dream. Well i believe that he is home. i believe that this is where he rests in peace and just listen to all the wonders he played among us. Htanki you Mr.Lyle from all my heart for every song you made. you will be missed. i can´t express my self hard enought to what i fell when ever i hear this BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MAGIC. Another musician leaving too soon. Thank you Lylr Myas 11/27/1953 --- 02/10/2020..

A keyboard hero is gone. So many hours of deepest touch he gave to me with his playing. Listening to this video tears come to my eyes....

Your extraordinary sensitivity Lyle ...

I love this musician and am stunned by his passing. A brilliant musical mind, a world at his fingertips, and a refined, sensitivity has suddenly beamed away into the atmosphere...this genius will not be forgotten...

It is so amazing. I love Lyle Mays’ music since 1991 and it is an eternal beauty.

Thank you for the gift you gave to the world of music and to everybody who had the chance to see you live.

Lyle Mays. Great pianist. Rest in Peace.

super simpe y aun asi me hace llorar... "Ese amigo del alma", genio Lyle!

Now he's home, together with the brightest stars of the universe. Rest in peace Lyle Mays! You'll be sorely missed! 💔💔💔

MASTERPIECE

A composition like this can only emanate from a highly evolved spirit. Lyle was that type of being. A near flawless musician, composer and arranger that always had "the magic" at his command. And command of the instrument he had. I remember thinking "who is this guy?" upon discovering him in 1983 ... We can all be thankful, we got to walk the Earth at the same time he did. He will be studied for centuries to come. In appreciation, RIP Lyle Mays.

. Very moved to hear this again. Rest in peace.❤️

*RIP Lyle, 1953-2020* Thanks for the memories

This song should be dedicated to all those who have lost loved ones because of the Coronavirus. Beautiful song. R.I.P. Lyle.

Very introspective, soul seaching music, love it...

Takes me back to "a very thin place", when I first encountered Lyle Mays' recording in 1986-87. Ever since, whenever I hear it, my soul resonates to it.

Lyle has been the legacy of what Debussy and later Bill Evans composed to touch God with their music. But Lyle had his own unique and great style so expressive, modern and inspirational. How I miss him :-(

Beyond sublime...

....... and suddenly went to sky, where this Music lives e will continue to live forever. Sometimes worlds are not enough to say something so deep in the heart. This Music will never die.

RIP. Love. Honor. I liked Pat group because you were there too.

Thank you for your music Lyle. Rest in peace.

I love this whole album! ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS STUNNINGLY SUBLIMELY AMAZING!!!!

For the love of God! I'm crying here.....that song is wonderful. No words....

So sad to hear the passing of the great Keyboard/ Synth Master...Thank you for all your amazing talent and music.

Un dono. Questo brano è un dono! Ho la pelle d'oca. Penso all'artista, Unico. Ma rifletto sull'uomo, Grande! quando con la sua musica riesce a "perforarti" l'anima facendoti viaggiare al suo interno, Il talento si unisce ad una grande sensibilità. Grazie Lyle per aver visitato il nostro pianeta. A gift. This song is a wonderful gift! I'm shivering. I think of the artist,Unique. But I reflect on the man, Great! when with his music he manages to "perforate" your soul making you travel within it, talent joins a great sensitivity. Thank you Lyle for visiting our planet.

Lyle thank you for dropping by to share these gifts with us 🙌🏾😔💚💚💚

wonderful player, sensitive, genius, I could hear his music and always I felt strong emotions, thanks Lyle for all that.

RIP.Genius❤

Etermal music, like the Universe, not a begin nor an end, Lyle was in direct contact with the cosmic consciousness, he gave us his gift, now he returned there, out of the spacetime, in the ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE, thanks Lyle...

Like Ricky G, this is hands down my favorite by Lyle and my favorite solo by him is on the CD First Circle, the title track. The next level is, you get to meet The Most High in person.

RIP Lyle. Hope you are closer to home now...

A beautiful Masterpiece of a sound track in my life that I cherish since the first day I heard this recording some 34 yrs. Ago! Thank you Lyle, Bill, Alex, Marc,Billy, Nana

Hermosa obra celestial sonora!!! Lyle... Un genio y sensible músico!!!

Lyle you were a great composer and musician. I miss you dearly!

I am going to miss him so much...the connection?? He was a keyboard player (one of the best)...I was a keyboard player...He was an Architect...I was an Architect...he loved and help create the Pat Metheny sound...I loved the Pat Metheny sound!!...Have a safe trip Lyle...we WILL meet up again someday!!!!

Lyle and your heart💓🎵 thank you for your spiritual music! Thank you, Jesus, for give us Lyle...R.I.P💓

R.I.P Lyle Mays. Sua música é sublime, sua obra é eterna pq é pura Luz. Muito obrigado por tanta beleza❤⚘ Hj tá doendo muito...

これほど叙情的に表現できる音楽家はなかなか居ない❣️ しかもとてもポジティブだ❗️ 改めてありがとうと言いたい❣️

Escuchar la música de Lyle Mays es smplemente alucinante, de lo mejor del jazz hecho por un maravilloso pianista.

A beautiful haunting melody that is searching for a resolution. The minors that grow and grow. Like traveling through life. The highs and transitions until the finality. Then it becomes clear. Home.

Home - Vanilla bring me here. And I love this

I listen to this piece nearly everyday. I won't be add anything else.

RIP Lyle, you were an amazing and gifted artist.

This is the anthem to the universe

Another angel closer to home.....

One of the most beautiful and important musical voices of our time has fallen silent. What a heartbreaking loss.

What a beautiful artist very underrated. Thank you Lyle, you made this world better. Love and peace