East Coast Roots

Pat Bianchi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jazzed Media
• ASIN: B000HXDTDK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,501 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just plain "Wow!", November 14, 2008

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Swordfishtrombone - See all my reviews

This review is from: East Coast Roots (Audio CD)

Throughout college I worked in the kitchen at a restaurant/bar that featured a cheesy organ and guitar combo playing sing-along oldies for the blue hair and toupee crowd. It gave me an aversion to the organ that makes me a pretty tough customer for that instrument. Mr. Bianchi and his partners have got me recalibrated.

This recording has great melodic improvisation and fun playing throughout, but what sets it apart are the rhythms Pat introduces into his phrasing. They feel entirely unique for a jazz organ player. I am a jazz dilettante at best, but after hearing this recording, I think I could recognize Pat's playing blindfolded. The interplay with guitar and percussion is complex and yet well blended. Rhythmic transitions are surprising and novel but never jarring. These are three guys listening to each other and telling a story together, not three competing voices.

This just plain makes me smile. Buy the CD and see them live if you can.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific record, December 28, 2011

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(same) "Tom D." (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: East Coast Roots (Audio CD)

I can't get this disk off my system. It's great. I recently saw Pat Bianchi playing with Pat Martino in Austin TX (!) at the Continental Club (!!), one of the best shows of recent memory (the late, great Steve Lacy played some memorable dates there as well). Another reviewer points out that Pat's only contemporary equal on the B-3 is Joey DeFrancesco, and I personally would concur with that judgment. The most pleasant surprise of this record for me is the guitar playing of Mark Whitfield--so organic, supportive, warm, yet assertive when it needs to be. Just an excellent recording from start to finish.