John Patitucci

Music Festival Review: The Newport Jazz Festival at 70 — Bridging Generations and Styles

August 7, 2024
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Despite the charges of some purists, jazz was alive in the hands of a few veterans at Newport Jazz 2024, as well as newcomers sharing their own voices in the tradition.

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Jazz Album Review: Marco Pignataro’s Superb “Chant For Our Planet”

October 19, 2022
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Chant For Our Planet is a great recording full of exciting ensemble playing, with lots of tasty solos and, if you want to listen in that way, an important theme that expresses deep concern for the state of our environment.

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Jazz Album Review: “Chick Corea Akoustic Band Live” — A High-Spirited Reunion

September 15, 2021
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A judicious mix of jazz classics, standards, and Corea compositions, Live is a blast.

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Jazz Preview: Arlington Jazz Festival — An Ambitious Line-up

April 23, 2018
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The motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.

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Jazz Review: Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall

April 6, 2013
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The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra sought bravely to straddle the jazz and classical worlds with a little help from some star soloists.

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