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Double Bass John Patitucci

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Yes, Patitucci is a true master & that quartet is superb, probably my favorite "working" band in jazz at the moment. I've had the chance to see them a couple of times over the years, in Tampa and at the Montreal Jazz Fest (they'll be at that fest again this summer).

Really wish I could have made Jazz Fest in New Orleans this year -- that band was one of the reasons I wanted to go. Unfortunately, could not. I did make it to French Quarter Fest a few weeks before Jazz Fest, and had the chance to (again) see the long-running Astral Project group with James Singleton, another of my favorite bassists. They're regulars at Jazz Fest.

But I digress ...
 
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Caught the Wayne Shorter quartet in Ottawa on Sunday. I bought tickets 3 months ago just to see Brian Blade up, close and personal + a living legend Wayne Shorter. I came away transfixed by the beauty, energy and physicality of Patitucci's playing. As my better half said, he literally danced with that bass, making everything look effortless. (Of course, she asked me if I could salsa with my DB later on... not!)

A note about the show : Wayne Shorter is obviously not in prime physical form (he'll be 80 in a few weeks) but his playing was strong and inspired. Unfortunately, sans doute because of that, the show was a bit on the shorter (pun intended) side. I would have taken more of Patitucci's and Blade's back and forth.

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I'm just coming home from a concert by the Wayne Shorter Legacy Quartet (Danilo Perez, piano - John Patitucci, bass - Brian Blade, drums - Ravi Coltrane, saxes), as part of their Europe concert tour.

What a blast! Those cats are monster players...

I was blown off by John's beautiful arco tone I was not familiar with.

After the concert, they came to the stage edge to chat with fans, make photos, etc. Very friendly.

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damonsmith said:
that is music of another era . . .
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I agree. And yet . . .
I play DB gig in a good regional big band. What sets that band apart from almost all other regional big bands is that half a dozen people write for the band.
Some of what they write tends toward 'straight down the street.' But even so, it's their street.

So too with the Shorter Legacy Quartet. They were there. It's their street and if they want to keep walking on it I get that.
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Their music came from a place decades in the future.
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IMO you and Damon are both correct.

Marcus Miller tells about asking Miles Davis about a band that was playing music from Miles' On the Corner era. Miles spat out a three-word response: "Bell-bottom jeans." The point being, that music was about that moment and that moment had passed.

Jones, like yourself I don't think that Wayne Shorter's moment has completely passed yet.
 
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Sam Sherry said:
Jones, like yourself I don't think that Wayne Shorter's moment has completely passed yet.
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I like to think of it more as a continuum, with some things relating closer to each other or more distant; but nothing comes out of thin air. Some tendencies seem to end abrupt, but in reality continue to reverberate in the memory and for orientation, feeding the imagination of other artists building on what they know.
 
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