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Take Five With Mandolinist Joe Brent

by AAJ Staff
May 22, 2024

Meet Joe Brent Called, “one of the truly exceptional musicians of his generation," a mandolinist about whom it has been said, “there has never been a mandolinist with greater technical skills," and a composer whose music, “touches and communicates the essence of what it means to be an alive, feeling human being," Joe Brent has forged ...

9 Horses

9 Horses is an improvising chamber ensemble featuring Joe Brent (formerly of Regina Spektor’s band) on acoustic and electric mandolin, 2018 GRAMMY nominee Sara Caswell (Esperanza Spalding) on violin and Hardanger d'amore, and Andrew Ryan (Kaia Kater) on bass. Featuring Brent's original compositions and the incendiary, genre-hopping virtuosity of all three members, the trio at the core of 9 Horses represents their vision of a musical future with no barrier between 'folk art' and 'fine art', and as an ensemble are capable of communicating this idea through musical canvases both great and small.

Joe Brent

Called, “one of the truly exceptional musicians of his generation,” a mandolinist about whom it has been said, “there has never been a mandolinist with greater technical skills,” and a composer whose music, “touches and communicates the essence of what it means to be an alive, feeling human being,” Joe Brent has forged a career as both instrumentalist and composer with unparalleled fluency across multiple genres.

As a classical mandolinist, Mr. Brent has worked closely with many of the great modern composers, premiering works by Elliot Carter, Pierre Boulez, Magnus Lindberg, Olga Neuwirth, David Loeb, Nathan Davis, and Joe Hisaishi among many others. He has performed with many well-known chamber ensembles, including The International Contemporary Ensemble, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Argento New Music Project, Speculum Musicae, A Far Cry, Fireworks Music, Art of Élan, Tres Americas, NOVUS, and nunc. Concurrently, he is thoroughly versed in the traditional orchestral repertoire, having performed with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, New World Symphony, The American Symphony Orchestra, and the New York City Ballet and City Opera. As a solo artist, he has given recitals and clinics in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2001, has lectured on contemporary music at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and was the 2017 artist in residence at Marble House Project.

Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

By Lara Downes

Label: Rising Sun Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Prelude from Treemonisha; Weeping Willow; Peacherine Rag; Maple Leaf Rag; The Chrysanthemum; Bethena; The Entertainer; Reflection Rag; Magnetic Rag; A Picture of Her Face; Euphonic Sounds; Solace; Heliotrope Bouquet; Eugenia; Elite Syncopations; Swipesy; A Real Slow Drag

Omegah

By 9 Horses

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Omegah; S7rophe; a new machine; the grain of the wood of the frame; Max Richter’s Dreams; the water understands; all the beautiful Rockwood kids; let’s just make it me and you

Oklahoma! 2019 Broadway Cast Recording

By Joe Brent

Label: Decca Broadway
Released: 2019

Blood From A Stone

By Joe Brent

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: redWHITEblue; bigLITTLE; we are not dead but asleep, dreaming of ourselves; sportsNEWS

String Quartet Live!

By Kishi Bashi

Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
Released: 2015
Track listing: Manchester; Bittersweet Genesis for Him AND Her; Atticus, In The Desert; Carry On Phenomenon; I Am The Antichrist To You; This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody); The Ballad Of Mr. Steak; Conversations At The End Of The World; In Fantasia

Perfectest Herald

By 9 Horses

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Monochrome Shoe; Snow Musik; Perfectest Herald: (Movement I) 4K; (Movement II) listening to the Elliott Smith discography in reverse order; (Movement III) the socket doesn't know its power until it's inspired by the plug; (Movement IV) when the wolf comes home.

Joe Brent & Sara Caswell EP

By Joe Brent

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Overjoyed; Ai Le Lu; Bandoneon; Red Shoes; The Boy At The Far End Of The Train Car