One of the most promising series for creative music in Brooklyn to open in recent months occurs weekly at Rye (247 S. 1st St, Williamsburg) every Wednesday night, at 9 pm. The series has been going since February and was originally presented and inspired by A.E. Randolph and curated by bassist Will McEvoy and saxophonist
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,
Premoticon, a collaborative duo between reeds player Patrick Breiner and bassist Will McEvoy, released their second album to a sold-out crowd at Douglass Street Music Collective last night. I have never seen the space on Douglass so energized and filled with an array of artists and non-musicians. But this should not come as a surprise.
Premoticon (Patrick Breiner & Will McEvoy) – II (Sulde, 2014) Quartet Offensive – Carnivore (self-released, 2009) Vinny Golia and Urs Leimgruber – Empiricism in the West (Relative Pitch, 2013) Ross Hammond Quartet – Cathedrals (Prescott, 2013) Nels Cline Singers – Macroscope (Mack Avenue Advance, 2014) Dom Minasi – The Vampire’s Revenge (CDM, 2006) Psychic Temple
