Jazz Articles about John Patitucci

John Patitucci: Line by Line

by J Hunter
October 23, 2006

After the brilliant chaos of the Wayne Shorter quartet, it's entirely understandable that John Patitucci would want to try something a little more sedate. Line by Line gives the versatile bassist a chance to go places we might not expect. The trip is interesting, though the destinations sometimes are not.

Patitucci is all over the board, both instrumentally and stylistically. Writing the lion's share of the tunes, he alternates between double-bass and six-string electric, playing both in a ...

John Patitucci: Line by Line

by Jim Santella
October 18, 2006

With guitarist Adam Rogers and drummer Brian Blade, John Patitucci explores jazz's modern mainstream on this program of original compositions that comes complemented by several timeless pieces from the larger pantheon. They're joined with saxophonist Chris Potter for a part of the program, while Patitucci works with a small string ensemble on two other selections. He performs both on his contemporary 6-string electric bass character and a traditional acoustic model. Each has its particular function.

Rogers and Potter ...

Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery

by Russ Musto
August 18, 2006

The tribute album allows an artist to document his indebtedness to another's influence on his own style with a more fully formed personal approach and individual voice. It shines a spotlight on the honoree's body of work in a way that no single record in that artist's discography did during his lifetime. And it introduces a new generation to the efforts of a player from a previous era. This album achieves success on these planes in a way that few ...

Steve Khan Trio: The Green Field

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 3, 2006

Dopo nove anni, Steve Khan ripropone la formula del trio e richiama in formazione John Patitucci e Jack DeJohnette. The Green Field, più che degno successore di Got My Mental, vede anche una sezione ritmica latin con la presenza di un trio di percussionisti di tutto rispetto (Ralph Irizarry, Roberto Quintero e Manolo Badrena). Così, attraverso la riproposizione di un repertorio di rilievo - il chitarrista spazia tra le brillanti interpretazioni di “Congeniality" di Ornette Coleman e “Riot" di Harbie ...

Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by Nic Jones
April 28, 2006

Make no mistake--this is a tribute not only to Wes Montgomery, but also the resilience of human creativity. While this might smack of hyperbole, it should be remembered that Martino completely forgot how to play the guitar some 26 years ago as a result of brain surgery, and if diligence and application can supply the kind of results heard here, then any suggestion of hyperbole is surely questionable.

To hear a musician as in touch with his or her instrument ...

Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by Chris May
April 26, 2006

The safest course of action on encountering a tribute album is usually to run like hell in the opposite direction. Which is why this beautiful album stayed unplayed for a couple of weeks before finally, thank God, finding the deck.

This recording is just lovely. If Wes Montgomery was alive today, this is almost certainly what he would sound like. But he isn't. It's what Pat Martino sounds like today, when revisiting his primary formative influence. And that's what validates ...

Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by John Kelman
April 21, 2006

Guitarist Pat Martino has overcome far more than his share of obstacles. Emerging in the mid-1960s, he released a string of acclaimed albums starting with the classic El Hombre (Prestige, 1967) and ending with the overlooked fusion classic Joyous Lake (Warner Bros., 1977). Then a brain aneurysm literally stole his identity and for the next decade he struggled to regain who he was, both as a person and as a musician.

Since then Martino's dark-toned and rapid-fire but always swinging ...