How too keep time

[odin70]

on a song like this:

YouTube - ‪Pat Metheny - If I Could‬‏

That type of drumming and Pat,s time flexi guitar playing makes it imo hard to keep time. What do you think?

 

[JimK]

It's played "freely".
Some pieces do not require "the time" to be set in stone (like dance tunes, for example).