Blue Note Jazz Festival Presents: CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT

Danilo Pérez/John Patitucci/Brian Blade Trio

Date: 2014-06-21
Showtime: 8:00PM

FEATURING:
Danilo Pérez, piano 
John Patitucci, bass 
Brian Blade, drums

Grammy award winner DANILO PÉREZ is among the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. In just over a decade, his distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has attracted critical acclaim and loyal audiences. Danilo’s abundant talents and joyous enthusiasm make his concerts both memorable and inspiring. Whether leading his own ensembles or touring with renowned jazz masters (Wayne Shorter, Roy Haynes, Steve Lacy), Danilo is making a decidedly fresh imprint on contemporary music, guided, as always, by his love for jazz.
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Bassist in the Spotlight, Sharing the Applause

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. But relatively few have led groups, and even fewer have done so with the kind of success John Patitucci is enjoying.

Mr. Patitucci--who lives in Hastings with his wife, Sachi (his manager and a cellist), and two daughters, ages 10 and 8--is attracting big crowds with his trio, which packed Dizzys Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center for six nights in August before heading west for a well-received series of appearances last month at major clubs from Seattle to Los Angeles and at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California.

Not only has Mr. Patitucci, 49, gained public recognition that is rare for a bassist he is a three-time Grammy Award winner he has also garnered the kind of testimonials from his peers that mark him as a player of extraordinary range.
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Jack DeJohnette, John Patitucci and Danilo Perez Record Together For The First Time As A Trio

Who’s playing that melodica on ‘Tango African’, the first track on Music We Are? It’s actually a drummer and he’s overdubbed himself on the instrument which has increasingly become a presence on many a jazz album, with its beguilingly innocent sound palette.

It’s a fleeting and tantalising glimpse setting the scene for a distinctive album. It’s not just any drummer as the album out on Monday 7 September is the latest group outing by the great Jack DeJohnette who for the first time teams up in the studio as a co-operative trio with stellar pianist Danilo Perez and leading bassist John Patitucci, both pillars of the Wayne Shorter Quartet. The 11-track album features four DeJohnette originals, three jointly written by the trio, two by Perez, one by Patitucci and the eighth track the ballad ‘Panama Viejo’ by Ricardo Fabrega. The album was recorded last year in New York state.

Jack DeJohnette recalls that he first worked with John Patitucci for the first time in Japan in 1991 and two years later joined Danilo Perez when the Panamanian made his debut as a leader. John Patitucci adds that DeJohnette actually introduced Perez to him around 1994. “I think it presents a fresh way of looking at the piano trio setting,” DeJohnette says. The CD also comes with a 30-minute DVD on the making of the album.
Stephen Graham
http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/component/content/article/51-2009/10948-jack-dejohnette-john-patitucci-and-danilo-perez-record-together-for-the-first-time-as-a-trio