Here's a review from the Guardian, and some recent items in French here, here and here. You can see another documentary about Petrucciani, in its entirety, here (also available on DVD), and you can watch a complete 1985 set at the Village Vanguard with guitarist Jim Hall (b. 1930) here. A chronology of Petrucciani's life is available here (in German, English, and French).
There are a couple of books of transcriptions of Petrucciani's solos; one of them seems to be out of print, but another is available in France. Some transcriptions are available online here, here, and here. David Hajdu wrote a nice article about Petrucciani in The New Republic, which was reprinted in his book Heroes and Villains.
Earlier this year, the French writer Benjamin Halay published a full-length biography of Petrucciani. There's also a Master's thesis by Phil Broadhurst in New Zealand.
Here's a transcript of an interview Petrucciani gave in 1998, a year before he died, and here's a filmed conversation:
For a pretty thorough discography, go here. There are lots of good Petrucciani tracks on Grooveshark. And some of the best albums that currently seem to be available on Amazon are Music, Solo Live, Live at the Village Vanguard, and Power of Three, with Wayne Shorter and Jim Hall, which is also available on DVD:
Here are a few good videos:
• "Little Peace in C for You," with Anthony Jackson and Steve Gadd:
• Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol's "Caravan," solo:
• ...and Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood":
• ...and "C Jam Blues":
• "Looking Up":
Petrucciani is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery:
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