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Patricia Brennan and Sylvie Courvoisier: Talamanti

Read "Talamanti" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
September 7, 2026

It is more than fair to say--right from the start of their kinship in early 2023, in the Sylvie Courvoisier 4 with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Dan Weiss--that there was something innate, and perhaps more importantly, intimate, between road-clearing pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and rascally vibraphonist Patricia Brennan. Talamanti proves that big time. Organically the sharply focused work of two fearless, free spirits, Talamanti, (the main language of indigenous, Aztec-era Mesoamericans) culminates or, dare one say, ...

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Sylvie Courvoisier: Eclats - Live in Europe

Read "Eclats - Live in Europe" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 19, 2026

Sylvie Courvoisier has never been easy to pin down, which is exactly the point. The Lausanne-born pianist moved to New York City in 1998 and spent the next two-plus decades making herself indispensable to the downtown avant-garde, working alongside John Zorn, Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, and Mark Feldman, among others. She received the Swiss Grand Prix Music and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Award in 2025, recognition that felt overdue rather than surprising. Her long-running piano ...

Radio & Podcasts

What I Learned By Juxtaposing Sylvie Courvoisier And Red Garland

by Hobart Taylor
February 18, 2026

New music from the Sylvie Courvoisier Trio juxtaposed with music from the Red Garland Quintet plus Peter Erskine, Tierney Sutton and Irreversible Entanglements. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Faraó Belmondo Quartet “One Finger Snap" from Do It! (Notes Around) 01:04 Entre Amigos “Fue Nuestro" from Joyful Foundation: The Music of Justin Copeland (Self-Produced) 6:09 Kate Olson “All Pear-Shaped" from So It Goes (Origin) 16:10 Sylvie Courvoisier Trio “Eclats" from Eclats-Live in Europe (Intakt) 21:39 Red Garland Quintet/ John Coltrane/Donald ...

Live Review

Sylvie Courvoisier, Wadada Leo Smith and Mary Halvorson at Roulette

by Paul Reynolds
December 12, 2025

Sylvie Courvoisier, duets with Wadada Leo Smith and Mary Halvorson Roulette Intermedium New York, NY December 7, 2025 So far this jazz season, you'd be hard-pressed to find a double bill as savvy, timely and well-located as Sunday's concert of duets at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn. In successive sets, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier played with her partners for two acclaimed duo albums in 2025: trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, with whom she recorded Angel Falls (Intakt Records, 2025), and ...

Album Review

Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far

Read "Of the Near and Far" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
December 3, 2025

Vibraphonist Patricia Brennan continues to redefine her creative horizons on Of The Near And Far, a fourth leadership date that expands her sonic blueprint without tempering the imagination that has marked her rise. Each of its predecessors has been completely different, from the horn-rich Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic, 2024), to the percussion-centered More Touch (Pyroclastic, 2022), to her debut, the solo Maquishti (Valley Of Search, 2021). She avoids familiar paths once again here, writing for an accomplished ten-strong unit which merges ...

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Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far

Read "Of the Near and Far" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
November 17, 2025

In un paio d'anni, Patricia Brennan è balzata ai vertici del jazz più innovativo. Se già il magistrale e pluripremiato Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic Records, 2024) era un salto avanti rispetto ai precedenti More Touch (Pyroclastic Records, 2022) e Maquishti, stavolta la vibrafonista d'origine messicana presenta un'opera ancor più sorprendente, cambiando organico in un'esplorazione ambiziosa e audace. «Sono sempre stata affascinata dal cielo e dalle stelle--dice la Brennan. Se guardi attentamente, tutto può essere collegato attraverso forme geometriche. Ho ...

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Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far

Read "Of the Near and Far" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
October 24, 2025

Peerless, vibe-savvy vibraphonist Patricia Brennan minces no fools from the get go, launching Of The Near And Far with the kick-ass lead single (singles? They still make singles? In this day? In this age?) “Antilla." A new jazz standard by any stretch of the imagination, “Antilla" is a sleek, hypnotic beauty that gears you into the groove and holds you there. It is the first yin to the yang of Of The Near And Far. On the heels of ...