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" 3 musical brothers, recorded together for the firts time - DeJohnette/Patitucci/Perez "
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From the Artist
"I think it
presents a fresh way of looking at the piano trio setting," says
DeJohnette. "It's more than just us sitting down and playing some
tunes, it's more collaborative and you really get that collective
feeling. There's space for everybody to shine on this record."
Adds Perez, "I really appreciate and enjoy and respect the amount of
input that each one of us can bring to the table in this trio. Jack
really comes from that Miles Davis legacy where the door is always open
to experimenting. He definitely leaves a wonderful amount of room for
us."
Of making the album, DeJohnette says, "it's not about
showing off chops or boosting our egos, it's about putting those egos
together to make a unified statement, a collective statement." As
Patitucci explains, "We wanted to make sure that we had some open
spaces for free compositions because whenever we've played together the
music is very pliable and very elastic and can go in a lot of different
directions. Jack is so great at inspiring that kind of thing, and
Danilo and I love to do that anyway."
The
DeJohnette/Patitucci/Perez trio made its formal premiere at the 2005
Panama Jazz Festival, where Danilo still presides as its artistic
director. "We did two concerts in Panama that year," Perez recalls,
"and we left with the feeling of, `Yeah! We gotta do this again
sometime.'" Nearly three years later, they were finally able to
document their special chemistry together in the studio.
Music
We Are is an album mixed of strictly composed pieces organically
developed, like DeJohnette's "Tango African" and Perez's "White," and
spacious, collective improvisations ("Earth Prayer" and "Earth Speaks").
"The degree of confidence and trust in this trio is really incredible,"
adds Perez. "And we were laughing a lot during this session because we
were constantly surprising each other with what we came up with in the
moment. We had no expectation, nothing was forced and we were surprised
when he heard the playbacks. I'm still surprised when I listen to this
recording. There definitely was a lot of grownup children stuff going
on during this session. That's the magic that somebody like Jack can
set up immediately. And you just have to tune into that energy and the
gravity of what it is to make it really happen."
About the Artist
It was 13 years ago that 2009 Grammy Award Winner Jack DeJohnette first
floated the notion of one day playing with bassist John Patitucci and
pianist Danilo Perez. That idea finally comes to fruition on April 7,
2009, on Music We Are, an adventurous and remarkably harmonious trio
project for Jack DeJohnette's Golden Beams Productions label.
DeJohnette and Patitucci had first played together with pianist Gonzalo
Rubalcaba at the 1991 Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival (captured on the Blue Note
recording, Images). Jack says his chemistry with John was immediate.
"It was fantastic," he recalls. "He and I just hooked up right away
because John has a way of anchoring the music but also freeing it up at
the same time. And he commented that he felt really free and relaxed
playing with me, like he could take chances and do things."
Then in 1992, DeJohnette played together with Perez for the first time
on the pianist's self-titled debut for RCA Novus. When DeJohnette and
Patitucci reunited a few years later, on a 1996 session led by Hong
Kong jazz guitarist Eugene Pao (By The Company You Keep, Somethin' Else
Records), Jack said to John, "you should hook up with Danilo Perez. I
think you two would really work great together."
"Jack is the
one who heard the possibility of Danilo and me getting together," says
Patitucci. "He was the first guy to say, `I really hear that you guys
have chemistry. You really need to play together,' and we've always
felt a certain debt of gratitude to Jack because Danilo and I have
become friends and brothers and family to each other. And that was
Jack's initial vision," says Patitucci.
The three virtuosos make a potent statement indeed on Music We Are.
Product Description
Three Musical Brothers - on record together for the first time!
11 Magical Tracks, plus an exclusive 25-minute Behind-The-Scenes documentary DVD on the session.
In the 90's, iconic drummer Jack DeJohnette suggested to John Patitucci and Danilo Perez
that they meet and play together. The pairing of Patitucci and Perez
went on to be a major force in the jazz of the last decade plus.
Now, for the first time on record, Jack DeJohnette is joined by the master duo that he helped to create - on the brilliant MUSIC WE ARE
An intensely musical meeting of the minds - the recording finds Jack at
the height of his creative and musical powers. Recorded during a snow
storm near DeJohnette's home in the Catskills in New York, Music We Are
captures the trio's unparalleled connection, improvisational
compositions, and as DeJohnette explains, "a process of connecting in
the studio and collectively following what made the most sense in a
given moment" to deliver a musical statement of profound depth and
remarkable range.
MUSIC WE ARE, produced by
DeJohnette/Patitucci/Perez, combines strictly composed pieces,
organically developed in the studio by the trio, with spacious
collective improvisations to showcase the three virtuosos performing
double-duty: DeJohnette on drums and melodica; Patitucci on upright and electric basses; and Perez on piano and Fender Rhodes.
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