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mountain Feb 23 2012 at 10:11 AM	Just got tickets for Pat’s Unity Band gig at Longwood Gardens. Its an intriguing lineup. What do you think we should expect from Pat with Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez and Ben Williams? Will it be new, progressive and edgy or retreading standards and ole stuff?
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colinl52 Apr 14 2012 at 4:25 AM	ChickB - on the 12th June according to Amazon
Tom Rudd Apr 13 2012 at 9:29 AM	Ahhh! Chris Potter - Unspoken , Great jazz CD with an allstar line up. Very young Chris Potter struttin’ his stuff.
MarcNebo Apr 12 2012 at 1:50 PM	My suggestion is to listen to Pat’s 80/81 and then listen to Chris Potter’s "Unspoken" with John Scofield, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Then imagine how it would sound if you substituted Antonio Sanchez on drums and Ben Williams on bass. Better yet hope that you get a chance to see them live. I know it will be a great show.
gazuk Apr 12 2012 at 12:59 PM	2012.09.07 Denver, CO, United States Denver Botanic Gardens, Amphitheater
Tom Rudd Apr 12 2012 at 8:52 AM	Wendy, That would drive me nuts to. Call the radio Station and find out where they got their information.
Wendy Apr 11 2012 at 5:59 PM	a local radio station is advertising that the Unity Band will be in Denver in September - but I don’t see it on this website. I won’t rest until I know they’re coming here!
brucehem Apr 05 2012 at 6:18 PM	Yes--Seattle just added to the Unity Band tour! Now if they could just add a show in Yakima! Pat and Larry rehearsed there last Sept. and did 2 shows. Great surprise, and a wonderful small venue.
HAMBONE Apr 03 2012 at 12:01 PM	Frank, that sounds like an amazing line-up and should be a great event. Reading Pa just hosted the 22nd Berks Jazz fest from 3/24-4/1 and put on some excellant shows. I was able to see, George Benson, Pat Martino, Bela Fleck and the Tones, Anat Cohen, Eldar and the wrap up finale was Chick Corea solo piano on Sunday.It’s like my Christmas and birthday week all in one. Anat had Ben Williams on bass and I talked to him for a few minutes afterwards and asked him about the Unity Band project.I’d never seen or heard him perform before and was very impressed. He has a beautiful touch and technique, with very creative solos. He should really fit right in with Pat,Chris and Antonio. He sounded excited to get started and said Pat had written a lot of new material already and he was working on some himself. August can’t come soon enough now!
franksexton Apr 03 2012 at 10:17 AM	Pat and Chris coming to Detroit for the Detroit International Jazz Festival was announced yesterday in the Detrit papers. The festival will be honoring Wayne Shorter. Also coming (among other), Kenny Garrett, Chick Corea and Gary Burton with strings, Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano.
chickb Mar 28 2012 at 7:45 PM	a new cd?
METHenyaddicted Mar 28 2012 at 10:20 AM	Seattle is around the corner and down the Jazz Alley.
franksexton Mar 26 2012 at 10:57 AM	awesome,those are usually free shows also.
METHenyaddicted Mar 26 2012 at 9:55 AM	Spokane - Fox Theatre - September 12. Perhaps Seattle is around the corner?
Rob B in CT Mar 22 2012 at 5:34 PM	I think you’re in luck, Frank. A message went out last week that Pat will be performing at the Detroit Jazz Festival on September 2nd.
franksexton Mar 20 2012 at 3:00 PM	DEE - Troit , please !!!!
brucehem Mar 19 2012 at 8:34 PM	I hope they can come up to Seattle this fall!
dgaw59 Mar 19 2012 at 6:14 PM	Savannah GA!
BobS Mar 19 2012 at 2:08 PM	Three dates in San Francisco, but actually six shows. 8 and 10 PM each night at Yoshi’s SF.
Dazedcat Mar 19 2012 at 12:45 PM	Metheny ought to take up residence somewhere on a semi-permanent basis. Let the faithful come to him. I live in New York so hey Pat..make it NYC lol.
-m Mar 19 2012 at 8:40 AM	I hear you MA! Looks like I might have to go to Rotterdam this year, I hear it’s very nice in July...
hman01 Mar 19 2012 at 7:44 AM	Another annoying whiner here....Come to Tampa PLEEEAAAASSSSEEEE!!! Or you can come to my small town of Ruskin,which is close to Tampa.We’ve got a new cultural center at the old fire station.We’ll open the bay doors for ya!!!
METHenyaddicted Mar 18 2012 at 3:49 PM	So annoying when people whine ’come to MY town’. So can you come to Seattle, please or Vancouver. I’m getting nervous. Deliver the PMUB to the northwest!(I’m whining.) Like Seattle, Van, Portland, Olympia, Calgary, Alaska.
davek Mar 12 2012 at 11:18 AM	I am sure Unity Band will be great, hoping to catch them in Europe somewhere, which was always my dream for PMG. The full PMG not been together since 2005, sure wish they could re-form and tour, even to play existing tunes, ie without a new record to promote. Overwhelming support from us no doubt, sellouts at every venue.
yossarian Mar 08 2012 at 11:03 AM	Can’t wait for this band. What a killer line-up. Wish Lyle was on it though, just to add some extra cool.
DSOP Mar 07 2012 at 5:18 PM	Chris Potter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrlpDNK3UM4
franksexton Mar 07 2012 at 11:23 AM	I see on the tour page that they are adding new dates - now 3 shows in San Fransisco. Please come to Detroit !
brightsize Mar 02 2012 at 5:41 PM	Sounds good. Potter is outstanding.
Tom Rudd Feb 29 2012 at 10:41 AM	Haaa! Hope not!
hman01 Feb 29 2012 at 9:20 AM	A baby!!!
thehague Feb 28 2012 at 1:54 PM	Pat and the UB will perform at North Sea Jazz, July 7th. Great!
Tom Rudd Feb 27 2012 at 12:47 PM	The goods!!!
mountain Feb 24 2012 at 9:11 PM	Thanks for the info. Excited to hear there are new tunes! Can’t wait I’ll the show and, yeah, I hope they record. I have seen Pat with Michael Brecker. I expect it will be somewhere in that stratosphere. I am familiar with Potter and Sanchez, but not so with Ben.
-m Feb 24 2012 at 6:19 PM	Thanks for the post JohnGarbar. Good times!
hman01 Feb 24 2012 at 10:45 AM	Dang! I’m asleep at the keyboard! In my previous post,I’m going on and on about a trio,when this thread is actuslly about a quartet.I guess I forgot how to count.Sorry guys! Anyhow,please come to Tampa with the Unity Band Pat!
JohnGarbar Feb 24 2012 at 12:52 AM	I saw Pat play with the Unity Band at a small club in upstate New York 2 weeks ago and already posted a review on the "Pat and Chris Potter" thread, but for those who didn’t see it I’ll give a brief synopsis. The entirety of the 2 hour-long sets they played was new material Pat wrote specifically for this group (he mentioned he wrote about 20 new tunes). The group sounded great and will sound even better after playing together more. Anyone who sees them this summer is in for a treat.
hman01 Feb 23 2012 at 6:41 PM	I hope they offer up a recording.And mostly,I hope they offer up a date for Tampa Bay.i can understand that it might not make good business sense to come here.I think the last TRIO date they did in our area was years ago during the first round of gigs Pat did with Antonio and Christian McBride.They had to change to a smaller venue and I don’t think the crowd was all that great in their appreciation and deportment.Maybe they weren’t hip to the chamber jazz exoerience back then. Please Pat! Give us another chance to hear your trio live. I think the area has grown musically since then.And thank you for continuing to be faithful to us in bringing PMG and the mighty Orchestrion to us over the past few years!
fendweller Feb 23 2012 at 5:40 PM	Colin - see the post you clearly didn’t see before posting. As for ’deliver’, that’s what FedEx does, right? Musicians do something else. (Too much wine).
colinl52 Feb 23 2012 at 3:00 PM	Hi all - what concert have they played? Have I missed something?
Dazedcat Feb 23 2012 at 1:01 PM	There’s a review of a show in the "Pat and Chris Potter" thread. I do believe the poster said it was all new music that got played.
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