Jazz Articles about Pat Collins

About Pat Collins

Album Review

Barry Elmes Quintet: Night Flight

Read "Night Flight" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
February 2, 2024

Barry Elmes is a drummer and composer who, over the years, has made notable contributions to the Canadian jazz scene. On the release Night Flight, he pays tribute to several iconic composers such as Charles Mingus, Cedar Walton, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans and Hank Mobley each of whom had made a deep musical impression on Elmes. He showcases this through his creative voice, using their compositions as the framework. Joining Elmes for this pianoless release are ...

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Album Review

Pat Collins Quartet: In the Moment

Read "In the Moment" reviewed by David Miller

by David Miller
July 23, 2005

We are all drawn inexorably towards simplicity. Jazz is a uniquely intellectual music, and yet its greatest works are undeniably simple. Listen to Miles' Kind of Blue or Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert, and you'll realize there's something beautiful about complete understatement. While not to be included along with the aforementioned albums, the Pat Collins Quartet has succeeded in constructing a deceptively simple recording with In the Moment. While a collective effort, it's obviously of Collins' making. The ...