For those of you in the New York-Metropolitan area, this is just to let you know that the Ron Petrides Quartet featuring David Schnitter will be appearing at Olive's, on 118 Main Street in Nyack, this coming Thursday, July 2, at 9:00 PM. Petrides is a former student of Joe Pass and Pat Martino and is one of the most brilliant improvisers I've ever laid ears on. At least, I haven't heard too many other cats who can blow for twenty or thirty choruses and still keep it fresh and interesting, with these amazing long, complicated lines and themes and variations on motifs, perhaps calling to mind Gunther Schuller's notorious analysis of Sonny Rollins. Ron's also got a PhD in composition from NYU, so I think that's where he gets many his ideas from: classical moderist harmony, though there is nothing remotely "Third Stream" about his playing. At the end of the day, it's straight jazz guitar, no guitar effects, no forays into fusion. If Prokofiev played in the jazz idiom -- and, of course, played guitar -- well then maybe he'd play like Ron (sorry, can't think of a better analogy to give you an idea of his playing). Here, check out his site, as the video, however poor in quality, will give you some idea of his playing: www.ronpetrides.com. Then there's tenorman David Schnitter, formerly of the Jazz Messengers. Schnitter played with Blakey in the late seventies for five years, and that's longer than any other tenor player in the history of the Messengers, including Wayne Shorter. John Ballard For those of you in the New York-Metropolitan area, this is just to let you know that the Ron Petrides Quartet featuring David Schnitter will be appearing at Olive’s, on 118 Main Street in Nyack, this coming Thursday, July 2, at 9:00 PM. Petrides is a former student of Joe Pass and Pat Martino and is one of the most brilliant improvisers I’ve ever laid ears on. At least, I haven’t heard too many other cats who can blow for twenty or thirty choruses and still keep it fresh and interesting, with these amazing long, complicated lines and themes and variations on motifs, perhaps calling to mind Gunther Schuller’s notorious analysis of Sonny Rollins. Ron’s also got a PhD in composition from NYU, so I think that’s where he gets many his ideas from: classical moderist harmony, though there is nothing remotely “Third Stream” about his playing. At the end of the day, it’s straight jazz guitar, no guitar effects, no forays into fusion. If Prokofiev played in the jazz idiom <del>- and, of course, played guitar -</del> well then maybe he’d play like Ron (sorry, can’t think of a better analogy to give you an idea of his playing). Here, check out his site, as the video, however poor in quality, will give you some idea of his playing: <a href="http://www.ronpetrides.com">www.ronpetrides.com</a>. Then there’s tenorman David Schnitter, formerly of the Jazz Messengers. Schnitter played with Blakey in the late seventies for five years, and that’s longer than any other tenor player in the history of the Messengers, including Wayne Shorter. John Ballard

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