John Schwerbel & Patrick Kelly

The PsychoAcoustic Orchestra: Fun with Notes

by Jack Bowers
March 10, 2017

More than two decades ago, pianist / composer / arranger Patrick Kelly's Cincinnati-based PsychoAcoustic Orchestra recorded two neoteric albums, then quietly disappeared into the fog of time. As it turns out, Kelly explored other options for a while before re-forming the orchestra in 2006. The present incarnation, which has been performing ever since on a more or less regular basis, is no less assured and adventurous than its predecessor, showing no unease as it handily traverses Kelly's intricate compositions and ...