On August 4th, American Grammy winning jazz bassist John Patitucci, delivers his latest Concord Jazz project, 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. 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.
On Remembrance, Patitucci pays homage to several of his heroes, including tenor sax colossus Sonny Rollins (the upbeat “Sonny Side”), the late trumpet 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”).
