Sketchbook

Sketchbook Artist: John Patitucci
Label: Grp Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 011105961721
EAN: 0011105961721
ASIN: B000008BYP


Release Date: 1990-07-19

Sketchbook


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Tracks:

  1. Spaceships
  2. Joab
  3. If You Don't Mind
  4. Scophile
  5. Greatest Gift
  6. From A Rainy Night
  7. Junk Man
  8. Two Worlds
  9. Backwoods
  10. They Heard It Twice
  11. Trane
  12. Through The Clouds

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars He is a genius.......2005-04-29

He was definitely one of my favorite people I heard of from the GRP label of Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen who founded the label back in the late 1970s. I adore him since he been out. I seen him on most projects with the Chick Corea Electric Band, Dave Grusin, Wayne Shorter, The Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Hubert Laws, just to name a few. He sure is one-of-a-kind legend to all bassists and mostly most jazz players. I still have this on tape but 1 of those days I'll have it on CD. This is sure is a good album and I luv to hear more albums from him.

5 out of 5 stars A Wildly Varied Colorful Musical Sketchbook.......2004-09-24

14 years after its release, this STILL provides very stimulating listening for me.

John Patitucci amply demonstrates that there's more to him than just great bass chops, but that there's a serious composer/arranger at work as well, one who's not afraid to experiment and try new things that will challenge himself and his listeners.

Any fan of high-quality instrumental music can find something to like here, there's great burning fusion ("Spaceships" and "Scophile" featuring a feisty John Scofield), beautiful ethereal pieces like "Through The Clouds", Two Worlds" and "From A Rainy Night", a burning post-bop workout in "Trane", a plaintive Gospel/R&B inflected melodic piece like "They Heard It Twice (one of my favorite tracks, again featuring John Scofield letting forth fiery phrases and ideas) and lots more. The only track that didn't work for me was "Junk Man", a rather cheesy techno-number that sounded like a bad remake of the "Ghostbusters" theme.

Definitely a very stimulating and FUN release all told.

4 out of 5 stars

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  2. Clocks ~ Coldplay
  3. In My Head ~ Robert Lamm
  4. Demanding To Be Next ~ Preacher Boy
  5. We're All in This Alone ~ Mendoza Line
  6. Loco ~ Fun Lovin' Criminals
  7. Mis Mejores 30 Canciones
  8. Up for Grabs...Live ~ Spin Doctors
  9. Epinonymous ~ Jeff Finlin
  10. Everyone Aboard ~ Doc Walker

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