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Mark Patterson, a Convergence member since 2000, attempts to keep a variety of music playing on his collection of twentieth-century trombones. He explored the roads of Japan with section-mates Jim Pugh, Bill Watrous, and David Taylor in Dave Matthews' Manhattan Jazz Orchestra; and toured the US and Europe with the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Barbra Streisand, and Steely Dan. He appeared or recorded with jazz artists Clark Terry, Sir Roland Hanna, Charli Persip, Jaki Byard, Dale Bruning, Eddie Palmieri, John Pizzarelli, Tom Pearson, The Westchester Jazz Orchestra, and the Gotham Jazz Orchestra (Mike Holober)

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Out Of The Blue

By Lou Marini

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: You Dirty Dog; Bubbles; Subway Faire; Fatman; Girl With No Name; Twister; UR So Nasty; Ami Gillaumes; Jake & Dory; A Bao A Qu; Danse Romanse; Klong; The Big Shebang

Article: Album Review

Convergence: Reckless Meter

Read "Reckless Meter" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 28, 2026

Even though the contours and boundaries of jazz have been substantially altered and recast through the years, it is good to know that some aspects of America's classical music remain basically unchanged, especially the propensity to design and use melodic, harmonic and rhythmic concepts as a springboard for group interaction and personal improvisation. On Reckless Meter, ...

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It's One or Not One

March 22, 2026

Album: Reckless Meter
By Eric Gunnison
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 6:13

Article: Album Review

Convergence: Reckless Meter

Read "Reckless Meter" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
January 6, 2026

Colorado has long nurtured a quietly serious jazz scene, and Reckless Meter makes a compelling case that Convergence ranks among its most seasoned examples. This is not a band formed for convenience or novelty; it is an ensemble built through years of shared bandstands, rehearsals, and the kind of musical debates that foster trust. Pianist Eric ...

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Reckless Meter

By Eric Gunnison

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Big Boot; Springaling; Margaret Clara; It's One or Not One; Master Jake; Cauldron; Coyote Moon;Reckless Meter.

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Mixed Bag

By Pete McGuinness

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: From This Moment On; Rebecca; The Dark Hours; Lilac Blues; Down the Rabbit Hole; Body and Soul; So in Love; Django; ‘Round Midnight; The Sly Fox (in Memory of Bill Holman); Where Do You Start?

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Trombonist/Vocalist Hailey Brinnel

by Sanford Josephson
December 1, 2025

After being discharged from the Army in 1945, Pete Rugolo became the primary arranger for the Stan Kenton Band and is credited with keeping that band alive in an era when big band music was beginning to fade. In 1955, Rugolo created an album combining the vocal group, The Four Freshmen, with an all-star ...

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Exuberance

By Christopher Zuar

Label: Tonal Conversations
Released: 2024
Track listing: In Winter Blooms; Moments in Between; Communion; Simple Machines; Before Dawn; Certainty; Exuberance.

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This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters

By Mike Holober

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Lay of the Land; On This Rock; Dirt Lovers Almanac; Another Summer; Tides; Another Summer Epilogue; Virginia; Dear Virginia; Domes; Refuge; Tower Pulse; Erosion; Three Words for Snow; Boundary Waters; Noetry; Skywoman Falling; This Rock We're On.