THE JOHN PATITUCCI TRIO
FEATURING JOE LOVANO AND BRIAN BLADE
TO PERFORM AT
DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA AUGUST 11-16
IN SUPPORT OF REMEMBRANCE
Concord Music Group is proud to announce performance dates for the John Patitucci Trio at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on August 11 through 16. The trio, featuring saxophone maestro Joe Lovano and brilliant drummer Brian Blade, will make their world premiere, unveiling original compositions from their forthcoming August 4 release, Remembrance.
Patitucci, at the top of his class on both acoustic and electric basses, delivers his latest Concord Jazz project, Remembrance, a remarkable outing of 11 straight-ahead-to-funky-to-classical-tinged originals featuring the astounding trio comprising Lovano and Blade. Almost every tune is dedicated to a musician, hence the title. The CD is the bassist's 13th as a leader and seventh for Concord, with which he made his debut in 1997 with One More Angel. Guests include his wife Sachi Patitucci on cello and percussionist Rogerio Boccato, who delivers simpatico rhythms with Blade on four tracks that Patitucci says makes them sound "like one giant organism."
"It's not an easy thing for a bass player to be able to lead his own group and record today," says Patitucci, who, in addition to being a leader, is a longstanding member of saxophonist Wayne Shorter's quartet (along with Blade) as well as a regular participant in trios led by drummers Roy Haynes and Jack DeJohnette. He adds, "Our musical elders were the trailblazers who forged a path for us to follow."
As for the trio that he has assembled, Patitucci says that this particular group is a dream band for him, which makes Remembrance a special recording. "I've been waiting for years to make a trio record like this," he says. "Brian is a consummate artist whose contributions go way beyond the drums. He's powerful, and he has great interpretive skills, incredible ears and a breadth of musicality. Joe improvises at such a high level, and he brings a great sound, phrasing and overall feeling to everything he plays on."
Both players, says Patitucci, "swing hard and can change directions on a dime. I chose guys that I felt I could be vulnerable enough with to take lots of chances in the music." Lovano and Blade also recorded with Patitucci on his 2001 Communion Concord Jazz album, but in a quartet setting with pianist Brad Mehldau. During one rehearsal that Mehldau had to miss, Patitucci, Lovano and Blade set up shop with revelatory results. "We freaked out," Patitucci says. "We looked at each other and said that we should do a record like this someday. Ever since that time eight years ago, this album has been brewing within me."
With a minimum of overdubs, Remembrance was recorded live in the studio in the same room, with none of the players listening through headphones. "I wanted it to sound organic and let the bass bleed into other things Joe and Brian were doing," Patitucci says. "Plus, my bass sound was able to be a little bigger, broader and warmer versus being in a small booth. I also felt more harmonic and rhythmic freedom. Even when I played the electric bass, the amp was in the studio so Joe and Brian were hearing it live, without having to use the headphones."
On Remembrance, Patitucci pays homage to several of his heroes, including tenor sax colossus Sonny Rollins (the upbeat "Sonny Side"), the late trumpeter legend Freddie Hubbard (the bouncy, joyful "Blues for Freddie"), tenor sax titan Joe Henderson (the bold, bright "Joe Hen" with Lovano's searing tenor solo) and bass elder Ray Brown (the lazy blues "Play Ball" that Patitucci says is "one of the slowest tempos I've ever played").
Remembrance teems with that loving sensibility throughout. "We're paying tribute, but we're also shaping the music to reflect who we are," Patitucci says. "We're not just copying or resting on the musicians who came before us. We're playing this music as our way of contributing to the evolution of jazz."
John Patitucci Trio at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Tuesday-Sunday, August 11-16
7:30pm & 9:30pm
11:30pm set on Fri/Sat
John Patitucci, bass
Joe Lovano, tenor saxophone
Brian Blade, drums
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10023
phone: 212.258.9595
www.jalc.org
John Patitucci - Remembrance
CJA-31018-02 Release date: August 4, 2009
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