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Interview

A Conversation with Brian Patneaude

by Alexander M. Stern
October 27, 2003

New York's Capital District--the collective sobriquet for Albany, Schenectady, and Troy as well as Saratoga and a few outlying areas--has produced two major names in jazz: Baritone saxophonist Nick Brignola and vibraphonist and Blue Note recording artist Stefon Harris. Indeed, right up until his recent death, Brignola was Upstate New York's greatest contribution to modern jazz. With Brignola's passing, and Harris's move downstate, tenor saxophonist Brian Patneaude seems primed to fill the void. Aside from being one of the Capital ...

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Album Review

Brian Patneaude Quartet: Variations

Read "Variations" reviewed by Alexander M. Stern

by Alexander M. Stern
May 9, 2003

Any self-help guru will tell you that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. In jazz, that truism can easily apply to debut albums: You only get to make one. A strong first album can set the pace for the rest of an artist’s career as a leader. Think of debuts like Joe Henderson’s Page One or Jeff “Tain” Watts’ Citizen Tain. If the Brian Patneaude Quartet’s maiden voyage, Variations, is any indication, we’ll be hearing ...