Photo by Andrea Canter

Adam Rogers, known at least in New York as one of the best of the current crop of hot guitarists, has been best known as a sideman for the likes of Norah Jones, Ravi Coltrane, Michael Brecker, and of course, John Patitucci, as well as a founding member of the fusion collective, Lost Tribe. He has also released three solid recordings as leader, most recently Apparition (Criss Cross, 2005) in the company of Edward Simon, Scott Colley and Clarence Penn. All About Jazz’s Phil DiPietro described Rogers as a “mind-boggling linear improviser…cable of navigating and renavigating the harmonic roadmaps of tunes on the fly…”

Dubbed by the LA Times as “one of the most technically astute bassists around,” Grammy-winning electric/acoustic bassist John Patitucci cut his teeth as a member of Chick Corea’s Elektric Band and Akoustic Band. His credits include playing and recording with Wayne Shorter, Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Haynes, and Danilo Pérez; his diverse musical experiences run the gamut from Dizzy Gillespie and Herbie Hancock to B.B. King and Bon Jovi. He has also worked with great film composers such as Ry Cooder, Henry Mancini, John Williams, and Mark Isham.

Photo by Andrea Canter

For over 20 years, John Patitucci has been particularly involved in Brazilian music, performing with Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Astrud and Joao Gilberto, Dori Caymmi, Joao Bosco, Luciana Souza, and others. An experienced educator whose credits include the Thelonious Monk Institute and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program, he recently was appointed Associate Professor at New York’s City College. In the past year he has toured with the Wayne Shorter Quartet as well as in a duo with Adam Rogers.

For these two nights—June 21-22, fingers will be flying on the Dakota stage!

John Patitucci and Adam Rogers will play two sets each night, 8:00 pm and 10 pm, June 21-22, at the Dakota, 1010 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis; reservations suggested (www.dakotacooks.com). Patitucci takes his trio (Adam Rogers on guitar, Nasheet Waits on drums) to California, with stops at Catalina’s in Hollywood (June 23-26; www.catalinajazzclub.com); the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz (June 27^th; www.kuumbwajazz.org); and Yoshi’s in Oakland (June 28^th; www.yoshis.com).