John Patitucci News

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

The meeting between Chano Dominguez and All About Jazz took place hours after the opening ceremony of the 41st Barcelona International Vol-Damm Jazz Festival, starring Wayne Shorter .

IT'S hard to decide when this trio sounds best: by itself; when it is augmented by a percussionist or cellist; or all the time.

NEC's celebration of the 40th anniversary of its landmark jazz studies program culminates tonight in a massive performance featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter and his new work for quartet and orchestra.

When most artists reach the age of 76, they tend to lower their aims. Riding on the coattails of their creative heyday is an easy way out for many older musicians.

EVER since Scott LaFaro freed his playing from the tedium of endless walking lines nearly 50 years ago, jazz bassists have been shedding their role as mere supporting players.

For saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, making music goes far beyond putting notes together to create pleasing sounds.

The Heavy Pets had really seemed to hit their stride earlier this year when they enlisted Felix Pastorius on bass.

A film featuring Hudson Valley resident, Grammy winner and former Miles Davis sideman Jack DeJohnette will be shown Saturday during the Woodstock Film Festival.

Bassist and composer John Patitucci's mesmerizing "Scenes from an Opera" evokes opera's suspense and grandeur.

This date is drummer Dafnis Prieto's fourth as leader and second on his own label, Dafnison Music.

Woody has been a jazz fan for about 30 years, starting with the diverse sounds of Maynard Ferguson's bands of the 1970s.

R.J. DeLuke is an indefatigable jazz fan and arbiter elegantiarum who aspires to ultimate hipness; also an upstate NY freelance writer for various media.

It's been a while since Jack DeJohnette made a CD as a leader that fit so perfectly into the jazz genre as Music We Are , a straightforward recording of his trio with pianist Danilo Perez and bassist John Patitucci .

John Patitucci has become the go-to bassist for many A-List jazz leaders like Chick Corea and Wayne Shorter while maintaining a career as a bandleader in his own right.

Veteran saxophonist Dave Liebman is no stranger to experimentation, cutting his teeth playing with Elvin Jones and then Miles Davis ' groundbreaking fusion group in the '70s. Drummer/poet Michael Stephans has played with everyone from Pharoah Sanders and John Patitucci to classic rock legends David Bowie and The Rolling Stones.

Legendary bassist John Patitucci returns with all new compositions and arrangements for his latest release REMEMBRANCE, which features him in the trio format with Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone and alto clarinet and Brian Blade on drums.

Legendary bassist John Patitucci returns with all new compositions and arrangements for his latest release REMEMBRANCE, which features him in the trio format with Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone and alto clarinet and Brian Blade on drums.

Concord Music Group Grammy-winning bassist John Patitucci's trio recording Remembrance , a heartfelt ode to his heroes and mentors, is the realization of a longstanding dream.

Notes from the Net: A tribute to Miles Davis and Gil Evans; new CDs from Terence Blanchard and John Patitucci; plus news, reviews, interviews & more Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St.