01 Sep

[ September 6th, 2024 release on Pyroclastic Records: Patricia Brennan – Breaking Stretch ]

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The Breaking Stretch, Patricia Brennan‘s 3rd LP recording, comes in the format of 7 – tet. Due out September the 6th, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records, features Jon Irabagon, Mark Shim, Adam O’Farrill, Kim Cass, Marcus Gilmore and Mauricio Herrera.

“The jazz world can get stuck in a battle between the head and the heart, but rarely do you find an improviser like Patricia Brennan [whose] music seems to exist in a realm outside the body, but stays loaded with feeling.” – Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

“Brennan supplements her dazzling technique with two-handed independence and unexpected tonal shifts courtesy of judicious use of electronics.” – John Sharpe, The New York City Jazz Record

With each new release in her still-burgeoning career, the vision of vibraphonist/marimbist/composer Patricia Brennan has grown exponentially in both scale and scope. From the nucleus of her acclaimed solo debut Maquishti she formed a singular quartet for her venturesome follow-up, More Touch, hailed as “scarily good” by All About Jazz.

13 Nov

[ November the 18th, 2022 release on Pyroclastic Records: Patricia Brennan – More Touch ]

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More Touch, the powerful new album by visionary vibraphonist, marimbist and composer Patricia Brennan will be out November 18 via Pyroclastic Records. Joining Brennan are her wholly unique quartet with bassist Kim Cass, drummer Marcus Gilmore and percussionist Mauricio Herrera.

“Moving way outside the standard language of jazz vibraphone, Patricia Brennan has created something like a landscape of vapor, full of wandering melodies lost in the fog.” – Giovanni Russonello, citing Maquishti among the New York Times Best Jazz Albums of 2021

“You could say that Brennan drags the vibraphone into the 21st century, but her record suggests that mallet based percussion was always ripe for exploration.”
– Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork

10 Mar

[ March the 20th release via Intakt: Aruán Ortiz – Inside Rhythmic Falls ]

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relase date: March 20, 2020 via Intakt.

Intakt CD 339 / 2020

Upcoming release from renowned Swiss Intakt label from Cuban pianist Aruán Ortiz accompanied by Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera is bringing us together to the rhythmic perfection and sunny side of the spiritual and melodic aspect of the Sol, the music that will light your heart up before you even think of moving hand towards the toggle. Its infectious, mesmerizing and joyful – listen to it and keep your enjoyment flowing.