Jazz Night and John and Sachi Patitucci remember icons we lost 2021| JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

If the last two years have taught us anything, it would have to be finding a (shaky, perhaps) balance between celebrating life while continuing to grieve. This year, the music community bid farewell to more than 50 jazz icons; amongst them were people who changed the way we experience jazz forever, from Chick Corea and Dr. Lonnie Smith to George Wein and Greg Tate. Their music, performances, words and impact endure, allowing us further opportunities to introduce new ears to the genre and to grow alongside their legacies. As we took stock of our losses, we realized that the low end was hit hardest and felt compelled to feature a bassist in this year's visual tribute. John Patitucci and his wife, cellist Sachi Patitucci, graciously agreed to help us honor those memories with a bittersweet ballad called “One More Angel.“ Filmed in the showroom at Upton Bass String Instrument Co. in Mystic, Conn., where string instruments are still made by hand, the union of simplicity and elegance the