Jazz Articles about Milo Fitzpatrick

About Milo Fitzpatrick

Album Review

Starling murmurations are an amazing sight and a wonder illustrating swarm intelligence. How come none of the birds collide with their peers? Decoded by computer modeling, emergent behavior in complex systems unveils patterns that go well beyond single-component contribution. It is tempting to hear out flocking behavior that transforms individual instruments into a rich tapestry--a wall of murmur--and ascribe it to natural phenomena, especially when the comparison is justified by the album's title. This is the case of Jack Wyllie's ...

Album Review

Vega Trails: Sierra Tracks

Read "Sierra Tracks" reviewed by Andrew Hunter

by Andrew Hunter
May 26, 2025

There is something about watching the evening sunlight move across a distant mountain range that draws a response from even the most jaded soul. The colours, the shimmer in the air, the sense of scale--it is a scene made for peaceful introspection and contemplation. Sierra Tracks by Vega Trails is Milo Fitzpatrick's response to moving to central Spain from England. Portico Quartet, the band Fitzpatrick is better-known for, chose their name while playing under a portico to shelter from the ...