Jazz Articles about Kyle Brenders

Kyle Brenders Quartet: Offset

by Troy Collins
November 29, 2012

A former student of visionary composer Anthony Braxton, Canadian multi-instrumentalist Kyle Brenders subtly expands upon the idiomatic language of his former Wesleyan professor on Offset, the second album by his self-titled Quartet, following 2010's Karst. In addition to numerous other projects, Brenders engages his interest in the oeuvre of iconic soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy as a member of The Rent, a Lacy repertory band led by fellow Canadian trombonist Scott Thompson. Although influenced by Lacy's idiosyncratic sensibility and Braxton's esoteric ...

Kyle Brenders: Ways

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 7, 2010

Ways è l'ultimo lavoro del multistrumentista e compositore canadese Kyle Brenders che sintetizza un interessante percorso di ricerca comopsitiva intrapreso da una decina d'anni. La musica di Brenders permette ai musicisti di lavorare indipendentemente, ancorché simultaneamente, con materiale annotato che è stato fatto passare a loop, poi ripetuto, modificato, impastato, creando in tal modo la tessitura che compone la traccia. Ciascuna sezione usa alcuni motivi ed elementi principali come basi per le parti successive, tenendo conto che tutti gli elementi ...

Kyle Brenders: Ways

by Mark Corroto
April 3, 2010

Saxophonist Kyle Brenders writes in the accompanying notes to Ways, “I would never sincerely believe that the process of composition could actually inform one's own experience of music...please experience this music at will and interpret it as you can." That said, this thoroughly compelling set of sounds provide captivating music that figure beyond individual categories of modern composition, jazz, improvisation, and musical interaction.

Brenders, a Canadian saxophonist and composer, is a protege of Anthony Braxton. Their duo of ...