This early on offshoot of the Chick Corea Elektric Band turned out to hold upwards i of 1988’s virtually pleasant surprises. Patches was however supposed to hold upwards cutting his teeth, non chewing through the jazz charts to position out one. And land GRP was busy establishing itself every bit the jazz label of the novel digital age, their acumen inwards letting John Patitucci run costless as well as therefore presently paid off. The bass guitar, historically, is non a rich avenue of musical exploration; depression tones larn lost as well as the tricks (funk slap, fuzz tone) are frequently ho-hum double axels. The commencement John Patitucci disc is different yesteryear design, as well as yous tin dismiss give cheers the folks at Smith/Jackson for it. The Smith/Jackson 6-string featured on the front end embrace is played on all only a handful of tracks every bit a Pb guitar. The fluid, sputtering, tripping, richly rendered sounds that emanate from this six-stringed appendage are a rootage of wonder throughout. Patitucci also plays an acoustic upright as well as literally “bows” to his electrical flow employer, Chick Corea, on “Zaragoza.” With Dave Weckl on drums, this is an Akoustic/Elektric session at its gist one-half of the time. Double synthesizers (John Beasley, Dave Witham) give the music a modern border non dissimilar the commencement Elektric album, though JP the Composer isn’t nearly every bit restless or chatty every bit Chick. The music is also really much inwards business amongst GRP’s build at this point: shine jazz amongst about edges, balladeering as well as barnstorming. Highlights include the opening “Growing,” “Baja Bajo” as well as a twosome of tracks featuring Michael Brecker on tenor sax (“Peace & Quiet Time,” “Then & Now”). I wasn’t expecting a coming-out political party this early, only Patches is clearly likewise large a talent to hold upwards contained. Based on this disc alone, his is a unique as well as interesting phonation inwards the modern melodic/rhythmic fusion movement.
Stepping out from the shadows of Chick Corea's Elektric as well as Akoustic bands, Patitucci made a pleasing solo debut hither largely on the forcefulness of his bright up-front soloing on electrical as well as acoustic basses. Adept at the pop funk slapping agency on electrical bass, darting fluidly as well as jaggedly upwards high on the Smith/Jackson five-string bass, Patitucci ever executes amongst the moves as well as torso English linguistic communication of a bass histrion fifty-fifty when his musical instrument is upwards inwards the guitar range. Patitucci's compositions are pretty good, too, thoughtful as well as non likewise reliant upon jazz-rock cliches. He gets a lot of adept assist from a diverseness of hot sidemen, including the astonishing Chick himself (who also produced the package), Chick's drummer Dave Weckl, other drummers similar Peter Erskine as well as Vinnie Colaiuta, as well as the heated tenor sax of Michael Brecker. Without a doubt, this commencement opus enhanced Patitucci's developing reputation at the time.
Track listing
All songs composed yesteryear John Patitucci unless otherwise noted.
01 "Growing" – 4:38
02 "Wind Sprint" – 6:10
03 "Searching, Finding" – 5:09
04 "Baja Bajo" (Chick Corea, John Patitucci) – 5:49
05 "Change of Season" – 3:57
06 "Our Family" – 3:05
07 "Peace as well as Quiet Time" – 5:02
08 "Crestline" – 5:17
09 "Zaragoza" (Chick Corea) – 4:00
10 "Then & Now" – 5:44
11 "Killeen" – 5:21
12 "The View" – 5:37
Personnel
John Patitucci – bass
John Beasley – synthesizer
Dave Whitham – synthesizer
Chick Corea – piano
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Dave Weckl – drums
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Peter Erskine – drums
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