All posts tagged: Patrick Breiner

Playlist for September 28, 2015

Katie Bull Group Project – All Hot Bodies Radiate (Ashokan Indie, 2015) Talibam! – Ordination of the Globetrotting Conscripts (Azul Discografia, 2007) Ross Hammond – Flight (Prescott, 2015) Various Artists – Audio Dispatch 01 (Free103point9, 2001) Edward Ricart Quartet + Paul Dunmall – Chamaeleon (New Atlantis, 2013) Sikora / O’Hara / Lacey – Arbour (Fort

Best Albums of 2014

This was an amazing year with a number of innovative and revolutionary releases that made it very difficult to choose. I spent many days narrowing the best records of 2014 down to fifteen: Josh Sinton’s Ideal Bread – Beating the Teens (Cuneiform) Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance – Palace of Wind (NNA Tapes) Rodrigo Amado Motion

New This Week on Jazz Right Now / December 1, 2014

Reviews Variable Bets (2014) by Tomas Fujiwara Trio Sediment (2014) by Carlo Costa Quartet Interviews Fay Victor Videos Evan Parker, Peter Evans, and Charles Evans Live at the Stone John Welsh Solo Live at the Manhattan Inn Fay Victor and Brandon Seabrook Live at New Revolution Arts While We Still Have Bodies Live at New

Tangible, Abstract: Patrick Breiner’s Double Double at Korzo / Sep 30, 2014

Abstract (adj.): Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. Tangible (adj.): Perceptible by touch Tenor saxophonist Patrick Breiner‘s music is not abstract, yet tangible, it is very strongly both of those things simultaneously. Last night, as with every time I listen to any of Breiner’s groundbreaking groups,

Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance Fall Tour Dates

Battle Trace, features four fearless tenor saxophonists: Travis Laplante, Matt Nelson, Jeremy Viner, and Patrick Breiner. Sept. 1st- Kittery, ME @ the Buoy Sept. 2nd- Burlington, VT @ Jenke Arts Sept. 3rd- Montreal, Quebec @ Casa Del Popolo Sept. 4th– Ottawa, Ontario @ Mugshots Sept. 5th– Toronto, Ontario @ Array Space Sept. 6th– Cleveland, OH

VAX, New York, and the Death of Art: A Review

On a weekly, and often daily, basis, I have conversations with friends, email exchanges, or Facebook interactions about the decline and inevitable death of the New York new jazz scene. Many of the concerns people raise are very real: fewer opportunities to play live (and fewer that pay well), eroding audience numbers, venues closing, gentrification

New on Jazz Right Now

Interview Tomas Fujiwara on His Early Years as a Musician in New York City Videos Jim Hobbs Solo Live at Snug’s Jooklo Duo + Tamio Shiraishi Live at JACK Jooklo Duo + Steven Leffue, Jim Hobbs, and Stanley Zappa Live at JACK Ava Mendoza Trio Live at the Manhattan Inn Thollem McDonas and Brian Chase

New on Jazz Right Now This Week

Features April Artist Feature: Patrick Breiner Reviews Nightshades by Matt Bauder and Day in Pictures Videos Andrew Drury’s Content Provider Live at Soup & Sound Andrew Drury’s Content Provider Live at Clemente Soto Velez (Arts for Art) Colonic Youth Live at Firehouse Space Andrew Drury’s Content Provider Live at Firehouse Space Allan Baker, Tim Dahl,

Playlist for the Week of 15 March 2014

VAX – self-titled (self-released, 2013) [vinyl] Miles Davis – Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige, 1956) [vinyl] Lee Morgan – Here’s Lee Morgan (Vee Jay, 1960) [vinyl] Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble – Live in Antibes, vols. 1-2 (Actuel, 1970) [vinyl] Matthew Shipp Trio – Root of Things (Relative Pitch, 2014) Sun