 Ltr. Brian Blade, John Patitucci, Joe Lovano- photo by Lisa Stein
On August 4th, Grammy winning jazz bassist John Patitucci, released his thirteenth CD as a leader, Remembrance. A remarkable outing of 11 straight-ahead-to-funky-to-classical-tinged originals featuring an astounding trio comprising of saxophone maestro Joe Lovano and drummer Brian Blade. This week he brings this amazing trio of jazz masters to Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York from Tuesday, August 11th through Sunday, August 16th. The trio will be performing some of the music on Remembrance, where Patitucci pays homage to several of his heroes, including tenor sax colossus Sonny Rollins, the late trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard, tenor sax titan Joe Henderson and bass elder Ray Brown (a lazy blues “Play Ball” that Patitucci says is “one of the slowest tempos I’ve ever played”). On Wednesday, August 12, after each set John Patitucci will be signing his new CD.
 John Patitucci © Andrea Canter In addition to his thirteen albums as a leader, Patitucci has played on albums by B.B. King, Chick Corea, Joanne Brackeen, Harvest (a little-known Christian music group popular in the 1970s and 1980s), Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, John Abercrombie, George Benson, Dizzy Gillespie, Was Not Was, Roby Duke, Dave Grusin, Natalie Cole, Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah, Sting, and Carly Simon. Patitucci has led several projects of his own, in addition to playing with Chick Corea's Elektric Band and Akoustic Band and on projects with Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Danilo Pérez, and Roger Waters, among others. He now is active in Wayne Shorter's popular quartet. The group won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album for the album Beyond the Sound Barrier in 2006. In 1986, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences voted Patitucci the MVP (Most Valuable Player) on acoustic bass. He has won two Grammy Awards (one for playing and one for composing). In addition, his first solo recording, John Patitucci, was number one on the Billboard Jazz charts. He has released five albums with the Concord Jazz label: One More Angel, Now, Imprint, Communion and Songs, Stories and Spirituals. Patitucci has won polls including: Best Jazz Bassist in Guitar Player Magazine's 1992, 1994 and 1995 Readers' Poll and Best Jazz Bassist in Bass Player Magazine's 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Readers' Poll. Patitucci was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists. Patitucci has taught at music schools in several countries, and he was the Artistic Director of the Bass Collective, a school for bassists in New York City, and he is involved with The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program. In 2003, he was appointed Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at City College of New York.  Joe Lovano © Andrea Canter
After Lovano relocated to New York, Joe joined Woody Herman’s 40th Anniversary tour in 1976, which included "The 40th Anniversary Concert" at Carnegie Hall. For his second Carnegie Hall appearance, Lovano shared the stage with Stan Getz on the classic Early Autumn, and was a featured soloist during the celebration, along with Frank Tiberi, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Jimmy Guiffre and Flip Phillips.
In 1980, Joe Lovano joined the Mel Lewis Orchestra when Bob Brookmeyer served as Musical Director, becoming part of the group’s weekly Monday night concert at the Village Vanguard for the next eleven years. During his tenure with Mel’s band, Lovano began working gigs as a leader, with Mel as his drummer. Tones, Shapes and Colors, was his first recording as a leader, a live date done at the Jazz Coalition Center in New York. In addition to his work with Woody and Mel, Lovano also played in other large ensembles with Carla Bley, Bob Brookmeyer, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra and Gunther Schuller. These experiences served as the catlyst for creating his own musical environments utilzing larger ensembles, including his current Nonet. Brian Blade is one of today's most in-demand drummers, with a resume that includes recording and/or live work with a broad range of musical artists that includes Daniel Lanois, Bob Dylan, Bill Frisell, Kenny Garrett, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Joshua Redman, Seal and Wayne Shorter. Since 2000, Brian has been part of the Wayne Shorter Quartet with Danilo Perez and John Patitucci.
Brian Blade grew up in Shreveport, then New Orleans, where he distilled the unique drumming styles and musical heritage of the nation's spiritual underbelly into a powerfully swinging percussive trademark. Nurtured under the watchful eyes of Ellis Marsalis and New Orleans Dixie-drum masters Johnny Vidacovich and Herlin Riley, Blade learned to find his 'knit in the blanket' of sounds and styles.
Biographic info adapted from www.wikipedia.org, www.joelovano.com and www.brianblade.com. Sample the music. The links below provide streaming audio from Remembrance, from John Patitucci with Joe Lovano and Brian Blade: John Patitucci Trio with Joe Lovano & Brian Blade CD release celebration at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, August 11-16 with sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm with an additional 11:30pm set on Friday and Saturday. Cover: $30-35. Students: $15 select sets w/valid student ID Artist CD Signing! Join us on Wednesday, August 12, after each set as John Patitucci signs his new CD Remembrance (Concord Records, 2009).
Reservations are highly recommended. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola is located at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street on the 5th Floor. For reservations call: 212 258-9595 or visit www.jalc.org/dccc. Seating is available on a first-come first-served basis either at tables or at the bar. |
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