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John Patitucci

Person · male · United States · Brooklyn · born 1959 · recording since 1988

American jazz bassist and composer

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Also known as John James Patitucci · 约翰·帕蒂图奇

Debut: 1988
Recording span: 38 years
Release groups: 39
Timeline events: 33
Wiki language versions: 24

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Timeline

33 events▣ Album 31◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1950s
1. 22 December 1959 · Birth
  Born 1959-12-22
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1988 · Debut release
  Debut release: John Patitucci
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1988 · Album
  Album: John Patitucci
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1989 · Album
  Album: On the Corner
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: Sketchbook
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1992 · Album
  Album: Heart of the Bass
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1993 · Album
  Album: Another World
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1995 · Album
  Album: Mistura Fina
  Album
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5. 1996 · Album
  Album: After Hours
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1997 · Album
  Album: One More Angel
  Album
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7. 1997 · Album
  Album: Echoes of Jilly's
  Album
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8. 1997 · Album
  Album: Modern Days & Nights
  Album
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9. 31 August 1998 · Album
  Album: Now
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 1 February 2000 · Album
  Album: Imprint
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2001 · Album
  Album: Communion
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1 January 2003 · Album
  Album: Songs, Stories & Spirituals
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1 January 2006 · Album
  Album: Line by Line
  Album
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5. 21 February 2006 · Album
  Album: The Green Field
  Album
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6. 12 September 2006 · Album
  Album: Unicity
  Album
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7. 2007 · Album
  Album: Dr. Joe
  Album
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8. 2009 · Album
  Album: Continental Talk
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2013 · Album
  Album: Quasar
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 8 April 2013 · Album
  Album: Images
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2015 · Album
  Album: Don't Try This Anywhere
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 18 September 2015 · Album
  Album: Children of the Light
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2019 · Album
  Album: Soul of the Bass
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 17 January 2020 · Album
  Album: Disney meets Jazz: Tribute to Walt Disney
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2021 · Album
  Album: TRIO
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 5 November 2021 · Album
  Album: An Evening With Andy James & John Patitucci
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 27 October 2023 · Album
  Album: As I Travel
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 14 June 2024 · Album
  Album: Tributes
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 14 February 2025 · Album
  Album: Spirit Fall
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 24 April 2026 · Album
  Album: Perspectives
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography627 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368223497

Biography

John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer.

Biography

John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing the electric bass at age 10, performing and composing at age 12, and at age 15, started playing the acoustic bass, as well as piano by age 16. He listened to bass parts in R&B songs on the radio and on his grandfather's jazz records. He cites as influences Oscar Peterson's albums with Ray Brown and Wes Montgomery's with Ron Carter. For the development of rhythm, he points to the time he has spent with Danilo Pérez, a pianist from Panama.

In the late 1970s he studied acoustic bass at San Francisco State University and Long Beach State University. He began his professional career when he moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and made connections with Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, and Tom Scott. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s he was a member of three Chick Corea groups: the Elektric Band, the Akoustic Band, and the quartet. As a leader he formed a trio with Joey Calderazzo and Peter Erskine, and a quartet with Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Tavaglione, and John Beasley. He has played with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Roy Haynes. Patitucci switches between double bass and electric bass.
He was the artistic director of the Bass Collective, a school for bassists in New York City and is involved with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program. He was Professor of Jazz Studies at City College of New York. In June 2012 he started the Online Jazz Bass School. He was appointed artist in residence at Berklee College of Music.

Back in Brooklyn

Back in Brooklyn is a documentary about Patitucci released by August Sky Films in 2015. Directed by Patrick Cone, the film includes footage from rehearsals, studio sessions, live performances, and interviews with Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock. The documentary was filmed during or around the time Patitucci's album Brooklyn was recorded.

Awards and honors

Most Valuable Player, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1986
Best Jazz Bassist, Guitar Player magazine Readers' Poll, 1992, 1994, 1995
Best Jazz Bassist, Bass Player magazine Readers' Poll, 1993–1996
Grammy Award nomination, Beyond the Sound Barrier as member of the Wayne Shorter Quartet, Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, 2005
Lifetime Achievement award, Bass Player magazine, 2019
Grammy Award nomination for his album Spirit FallSpirit Fall14 February 2025 · Studio albumSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Think Fast6:512Pole Star6:583Deluge on 7th Ave6:034Thoughts and Dreams3:415Spirit Fall6:186Lipím7:407Silent Prayer4:538House of Jade6:539Light in the Darkness2:5110Sonrisa6:51 in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category.

As leader/co-leader

John Patitucci (GRP, 1987)
On the Corner (GRP, 1989)
Sketchbook (GRP, 1990)
Heart of the Bass (Stretch, 1992)
Another World (GRP, 1993)
Mistura Fina (GRP, 1995)
One More Angel (Concord, 1997)
Now (Concord, 1998)
Imprint (Concord, 2000)
Communion (Concord, 2001)
Songs, Stories & Spirituals (Concord, 2003)
Line by Line (Concord, 2006)
Remembrance (Concord, 2009)
Brooklyn (Three Faces, 2015)
Soul of the Bass (Three Faces, 2019)
Spirit Fall (Edition, 2025)
Collaborations

All Strings Attached with Tal Farlow, John Abercrombie, Larry Carlton, Larry Coryell, John Scofield (Verve, 1987)
Continental Talk with Randy Brecker, Steve Gadd, Stanislav Mitrovic, Ratko Zjaca (In+Out, 2009)
Viva Hermeto! with André Marques, Brian Blade (Borandá, 2014)
Children of the Light with Danilo Pérez, Brian Blade (Mack Avenue, 2015)
TRIO with Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe (Le Coq, 2021)

As a member

Tamarack

Tamarack (Parbar Music, 1981)
The Hudson Project
With Peter Erskine, John Abercrombie and Bob Mintzer

The Hudson Project (Stretch, 2000) – live recorded in 1998
The Great Jazz Trio
Led by Hank Jones with drummers

'S Wonderful with Jack DeJohnette (Eighty-eight's, 2004)
Speak Low with Jack DeJohnette (Eighty-Eight's, 2005)
Stella by Starlight with Omar Hakim and guest Sadao Watanabe (Eighty-Eight's, 2006)
July 5 th - Live at Birdland NY with Omar Hakim (Eighty-Eight's, 2007)
July 6 th - Live at Birdland NY with Omar Hakim (Eighty-Eight's, 2007)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	24	85.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	39	92.5th
Studio albums	31	98.3th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	33	97.3th
Recording span (years)	38	78th
Genres	5	88.3th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (39 release groups · 31 studio albums)

Albums · 31

John Patitucci
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:49
1Growing4:38
2Wind Sprint6:10
3Searching Finding5:09
4Baja Bajo5:49
5Change of Season3:57
6Our Family3:05
7Peace and Quiet Time5:02
8Crestline5:17
9Zaragoza4:00
10Then & Now5:44
11Killeen5:21
12The View5:37
On the Corner
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 54:23
1On the Corner4:08
2Avenue "D"4:16
3Venetian Moonlight4:49
4A Better Mousetrap3:05
5Vaya Con Dios5:03
6Kingston Blues4:43
7Painting5:12
8Strength to the Weak5:22
9Flatbush Ave4:14
10The Storyteller6:35
11Bertha's Bop6:56
Sketchbook
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:21
1Spaceships5:58
2Joab4:53
3If You Don't Mind5:25
4Scophile6:08
5Greatest Gift5:28
6From a Rainy Night5:03
7Junk Man2:50
8Two Worlds6:18
9Backwoods3:19
10They Heard It Twice4:12
11'Trane5:18
12Through the Clouds4:29
Heart of the Bass
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:02
1Concerto Movement #1 - Westward Expansion8:58
2Concerto Movement #2 - After the Storm8:35
3Concerto Movement #3 - Mardi Gras8:16
4Heart of the Bass4:32
5Four Hands4:05
6Mullagh2:56
7Bach Prelude in G major (From the Cello Suite)2:17
8Miniature #1 - Ivory Tower2:07
9Miniature #2 - Lonely People3:13
10Miniature #3 - Still Life3:17
11Miniature #4 - Marionette3:32
12Miniature #6 - Butterfly2:03
13Miniature #5 - Vision3:11
Another World
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 52:04
1Ivory Coast, Part I1:20
2Ivory Coast, Part II4:50
3Another World4:56
4My Summer Vacation5:33
5Soho Steel3:49
6I Saw You4:25
7Hold That Thought4:52
8Norwegian Sun3:58
9The Griot4:05
10Showtime3:29
11Peace Prayer3:17
12Shanachie4:57
13Until Then2:33
Mistura Fina
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:01:01
1Mistura Fina5:36
2Bate Balaio (Rockson do Pandeiro)4:00
3Puccini4:34
4Samba Novo5:44
5The Four Loves4:06
6Assim não dá6:48
7Joys and Sorrows5:54
8Água Mãe Água (Water Mother Water)4:03
9Soul Song5:42
10Varadero3:06
11Long Story4:19
12Barra da Tijuca (Tijuca Bay)5:08
13Samba School2:01
After Hours
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 53:18
1Monte Carlo6:45
2Yerevan5:34
3Doudouk (Interlude)4:04
4Siroun7:53
5Freeway Motel5:14
6Caterina5:33
7Guitar (Interlude)0:44
8Black Orpheus7:01
9After Hours4:32
10The Gift5:58
One More Angel
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:07:52
1Quasimodo9:13
2Arrival9:19
3On the Hudson4:30
4Sachi's Eyes2:46
5San Michele8:01
6One More Angel7:36
7Romance6:06
8Snowbound6:53
9Notre Dame (Cathedral)8:57
10Beloved4:31
Echoes of Jilly's
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:00:44
1I've Got You Under My Skin6:27
2The Summer Wind4:59
3You Make Me Feel So Young4:07
4I'm a Fool to Want You3:44
5Just One of Those Things2:58
6All the Way6:36
7Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)6:48
8In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning5:06
9Call Me Irresponsible6:15
10Angel Eyes4:25
11Come Fly With Me4:24
12Here's That Rainy Day3:23
13Strangers in the Night1:32
Modern Days & Nights
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:06:26
1A Cole Porter Flat8:14
2I Love You7:31
3Love for Sale8:40
4What Is This Thing Called Love8:13
5Everytime We Say Goodbye7:26
6I've Got You Under My Skin6:21
7Just One of Those Things8:44
8Everything I Love4:10
9Night and Day7:07
Now
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:41
1Now9:12
2Grace8:57
3Out of the Mouths of Babes6:19
4Hope6:05
5Labor Day9:32
6Espresso9:01
7Forgotten but Not Gone7:42
8Search for Peace5:29
9Giant Steps4:33
10Miya3:51
Imprint
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:07:23
1King Kong8:38
2Postcard6:45
3Little Steps7:13
4Joan6:46
5Maroon Bells0:42
6Imprint11:21
7The Well5:52
8Essay9:04
9Japanese Folk Song5:24
10Afro-Blue5:38
Communion
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:53
1Bariloche4:46
2Calabria6:21
3Choro Luoco4:42
4Isabella8:05
5Communion6:47
6Misterioso4:22
7Valentine6:12
8The Sower7:07
9Soul Eyes3:47
10Bohemia After Dark2:44
Songs, Stories & Spirituals
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:02:33
1Tall Tale4:56
2Chovendo Na Roseira6:15
3I Will Arise3:19
4Lei5:18
5In the Bleak Midwinter4:58
6Three Faces5:55
7Now the River7:23
8Soulmate4:33
9Rhapsodic Journey3:21
10It Never Entered My Mind8:24
11Love Eternal3:45
12Wise One4:26
Line by Line
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:12:27
1The Root4:09
2Agitato4:12
3Circular6:29
4Folklore6:26
5Dry September5:54
6Nana3:27
7Theme and Variations for 6-Strings Bass and Strings9:38
8Line by Line6:54
9Evidence5:58
10Jesus Is on the Mainline3:18
11Incarnation3:57
12Soaring3:52
13Tone Poem2:53
14Up with the Lark5:20
The Green Field
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:17:20
1El vinon9:23
2Congeniality8:09
3Riot7:31
4Fist in Glove7:46
5Cosecha lo que has sembrado7:22
6Sanctuary/Nefertiti7:58
7Eronel5:25
8You Stepped Out of a Dream5:38
9The Geen Field (El prado verde)18:08
Unicity
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 52:42
1Invocation0:54
2The Messenger7:16
3Abiding Unicity5:59
4Gevriasolas7:25
5The Midst of Chaos6:34
6Prelude No. 94:12
7Pathless Path5:31
8Evolution6:40
9Eastern5:10
10Abiding Unicity (reprise)3:01
Dr. Joe
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:01:40
1Illusion6:51
2Doctor Joe6:01
3Mystic River6:13
4Zig Zag5:29
5Blues for Dali6:46
6Crepuscule With Nellie6:05
71% Manteca5:54
8Promise6:54
9M.M.4:58
10Fourteen6:29
Continental Talk
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:11:04
1Breakfast In Tokyo8:20
2The New Life5:01
3Portrait In Retrogade5:56
4Inner Ears7:07
5Kurosawa6:11
6At The Crossroads2:35
7Home Again4:40
8Correspondence6:16
9Feather5:16
10The Gate7:48
11Anibas4:43
12E Doubt7:11
Quasar
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:02:28
1Quasar8:18
2Melhor de 87:12
3Tempo Bom Céu Aberto5:49
4Ufo8:29
5Pensando Em Você (Thinking of You)8:15
6Metamorfosis9:29
7Radioactive6:07
8New Word8:49
Images
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:55
1Siberian Lake7:23
2L'Île des pins6:04
3Vertical Voices5:19
4Angel at My Side4:21
5Paese di sabbia6:29
6Sea and Shadow6:12
7Woods4:25
8Les Deux Doigts5:45
9Light at Night6:29
10L'istante3:28
Don't Try This Anywhere
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 49:13
1Don't Try This Anywhere5:19
2Seven Snakes9:16
3Catch the Shadow9:35
4Arturo's Room Again7:35
5Custom Setup by Myself7:47
6Ultimo atto9:41
Children of the Light
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 55:56
1Children of the Light6:55
2Sunburn and Mosquito (Dedicated to Carolina)4:34
3Moonlight on Congo Square5:01
4Lumen4:26
5Within Everything3:22
6Milky Way3:40
7Light Echo / Dolores9:49
8Ballad for a Noble Man (In Memory of Doug Sommer)4:32
9Looking for Light5:33
10Luz del Alma2:39
11African Wave5:25
Soul of the Bass
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 37:48
1Soul of the Bass2:23
2Seeds of Change2:37
3Morning Train2:01
4The Call3:31
5Mystery of The Soul3:41
6Morocco1:45
7Elvin2:28
8Earth Tones3:15
9Seeds of Change Reprise2:48
10Allemande in D miner (J.S.Bach)5:45
11Sarab3:52
12Trust1:47
13Truth1:55
Disney meets Jazz: Tribute to Walt Disney
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:51
1Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah3:29
2When You Wish Upon A Star4:50
3Alice in Wonderland5:26
4Beauty And The Beast4:13
5Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade3:33
6Some Day My Prince Will Come6:39
7A Whole New World5:48
8Whistling Medley: Give A Little Whistle; Whistle While You Work4:20
9Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy4:05
10You've Got A Friend In Me2:49
11Turkey In The Straw4:51
12A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes4:48
TRIO
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:27
1Conception5:26
2Laura3:31
3Ana Maria5:18
4The One Step5:54
57 Step to Heaven4:45
6Good Morning Heartache5:29
7My Shining Hour5:28
8We See4:17
9Just in Time8:19
An Evening With Andy James & John Patitucci
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:22:47
1Autumn in New York4:23
2Besame Mucho7:08
3I Love You and Don’t You Forget It3:08
4To Dream as One5:08
5Moonlight in Vermont4:41
6Day Dream5:10
7Blackbird5:46
8When I’m With You3:19
9Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow6:05
10Unchain My Heart4:13
11Fire & Rain6:22
12Burn for Love4:20
13Some Other Time5:31
14Laura4:26
15More Than You Know4:00
16My Heart Belongs to Daddy5:03
17Angel Eyes4:04
As I Travel
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 50:12
1¡Baila! Dance Like No One’s Watching3:54
2As I Travel5:04
3I Know You Can Fly7:03
4Tomorrows II6:16
5Alegria3:49
6Disturbios7:10
7Isabel: The Enchanting Nature of You5:59
8Dear Mayra6:01
9Beautiful Ladies4:56
Tributes
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:22
1Tributes6:19
2Right One6:52
3Shock6:54
4I Love You7:31
5Tender7:22
6MT4:33
7Memories Of Calvi6:36
8Syrian Children4:59
9Song For Shorter7:36
10Matrix5:40
Spirit Fall
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 58:59
1Think Fast6:51
2Pole Star6:58
3Deluge on 7th Ave6:03
4Thoughts and Dreams3:41
5Spirit Fall6:18
6Lipím7:40
7Silent Prayer4:53
8House of Jade6:53
9Light in the Darkness2:51
10Sonrisa6:51
Perspectives
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 41:13
1Back Home4:35
2Bouncin'6:38
3Federica7:03
4Ti Pi Wa0:49
5Is That Real?7:35
6Yin and Yang7:20
7Perspectives6:15
8To Johnny0:58

Album · 2

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2000	The Hudson ProjectSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:07:31 1Runferyerlife8:31 2Labor Day7:48 3Little Swing7:39 4Cats + Kittens7:54 5The Well7:34 6Bass Desires12:21 7That's For Sure6:19 8Modern Day Tuba9:25	Live	22 February 2000
	2013	Trio Live in New York at Jazz StandardSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 59:31 1Poesía11:18 2Chovendo Na Roseira13:45 3Pathless Path15:37 4Giant Steps10:19 5Pere8:32	Live	2013

Single · 5

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
2022	Blue for YouSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 21:12 1Refuge of the Wild7:16 2Blue for You7:31 3Up Jumped Freddie6:25	6 January 2022
2023	SupplicationSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:29 1Supplication2:29	30 April 2023
2023	Put it Down - SingleSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:42 1Put it Down5:08 2Pathways (feat. Wil Blades)3:34	15 September 2023
2024	Dream of HomeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:39 1Dream of Home5:39	12 January 2024
2024	Cloud MessageSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 7:05 1Cloud Message7:05	2 February 2024

EP · 1

EP release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2025	EvidenceSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 25:49 1Evidence5:57 2The Struggle5:48 3La Nube8:21 4Electric Jam5:43		20 June 2025

Stats & PK

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John Patitucci metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	24	85.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	39	92.5th
Studio albums	31	98.3th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	33	97.3th
Recording span (years)	38	78th
Genres	5	88.3th

Awards & honours

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Wayne Shorter Quartet(band)	—	present	electric bass guitar
Chick Corea Elektric Band(band)	—	present
John Patitucci Trio(band)	—	present
Chick Corea Akoustic Band(band)	—	present
John Patitucci Electric Guitar Quartet(band)	—	present	electric guitar,original
Enrico Pieranunzi Latin Jazz Quintet(band)	—	present	bass
The Jon Cowherd Trio(band)	—	present
Chick Corea Quartet(band)	—	present	double bass
Potter / Mehldau / Patitucci / Blake(band)	—	present	bass
Gary Burton & Friends(band)	—	present
Randy Waldman Trio(band)	—	present	bass,original
The Great Jazz Trio(band)	2004	2007	bass

Where this record comes from

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aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b7999b55-a0b0-4ea5-bcba-e5cc86e2f134
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b7999b55-a0b0-4ea5-bcba-e5cc86e2f134
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504646
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504646
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patitucci
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patitucci

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List of jazz musicians

Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q504646 · MusicBrainz: b7999b55-a0b0-4ea5-bcba-e5cc86e2f134

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