Acoustic and electric bassist John Patitucci has been at
the forefront of the jazz world for the last 30+ years and
active in all styles of music. He is a 4-time Grammy
award winner, has been nominated over twenty times
and has played on many other Grammy award-winning
recordings. He has performed and/or recorded with jazz
giants such as Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, Herbie
Hancock, Chick Corea, Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Roy
Haynes, Wynton Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Kenny
Garrett, Victor Feldman, Nancy Wilson and countless
others. John has also performed and/or recorded with
pop artists such as Natalie Cole, John Mayer, Alicia Keys,
Joni Mitchell, Bono, Sting, Norah Jones, James Taylor and
Paul Simon.

He has been active as a composer with sixteen solo
recordings of his own, and has been commissioned to
write for various chamber music groups. John has
performed as a soloist with the Swedish Chamber
Orchestra, the Estonian National Symphony, the Scottish
Chamber Orchestra, the Trondheim Symphony of
Norway, the St. Louis Symphony and the London
Symphony Orchestra. In early 2020, John’s composition,
a protest piece entitled Hypocrisy, will be premiered in
Toronto and performed by the Royal Conservatory Orchestra,
along with Danilo Perez, Brian Blade and Mr.
Patitucci.

Mr. Patitucci has been involved in education for many
years, writing books, making instructional videos and
giving master classes around the world. John was
formerly the Artistic Director of The Bass Collective, a
specialized school in New York, and a Professor of Music
at The City College of New York from 2002-2012. He is
currently Visiting Scholar at Berklee College of Music’s
Global Jazz Institute, and launched his interactive online
bass school through ArtistWorks (artistworks.com).
After touring with the award-winning Wayne Shorter

Quartet for over 20 years, John will continue to tour with
his own projects, including the John Patitucci Electric
Guitar Quartet, as well as the Children of the Light Trio,
the Chick Corea Elektric Band Akoustic Bands, and a
special collaboration with the Harlem String Quartet as a
composer and a performer. John’s 16th recording, a solo
bass album entitled Soul of the Bass was released earlier in 2019.
John was nominated for a 2019 Grammy
Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.