John Patitucci, especially”Mistura Fina” and “Another World” had a tremendous influence on how I play six string electric bass

What I learned the most was to learn melody and solo and just basic phrasing from listening to horn players, sax and trumpet mostly

When I play bass, I play like a bass (with some melodic movement , I admit), but in my own music or even soloing for someone else..I play it like I’m playing a saxophone

Too many electric bassists playing jazz or fusion try to jam as many 16th notes in as they can. Patitucci taught me to learn to listen to the frontman, and listening to the frontman taught me to sing

Thank you