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Norbert Stein / Pata Generators: Direct Speech

by Glenn Astarita
Since 1986 German saxophonist Norbert Stein has issued fifteen albums under his emblematic Pata Music moniker, which is based on Frenchman Alfred Jarry's ideologies pertaining to physics and unreal logic, among other factors. In turn, Stein's compositional prowess includes what he refers to as composed spheres," enacted by the soloists' options to rearrange various movements of ...
Norbert Stein / Pata Generators: Direct Speech

by Nic Jones
There'll always be a lot to be said for music that takes in the rambunctious swagger of David Murray's tenor sax playing and Willem Breuker Kollektif's near-irreverence and this release underlines the point nicely. Stein's tenor sax has something also of Al Cohn's later tone, although it's imbued with such a different swagger that the comparison ...
Norbert Stein: Graffiti Suite

by Lyn Horton
Norbert Stein Graffiti Suite Pata Music 2006 Interaction among separate elements can have greater impact than the individual actions of those elements. The process is called synergy. Synergy works on all levels and is an important factor behind the successful outcomes that can emerge from collaborative effort--and it can be ...
Pata Java

By Pata Masters
Label: PATA Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Sing A Pure Song; Jiwa; Dialog; Speak Yomm; Juzzla Juzzli; Code Carnival; Cublak Cublak Suweng; Sound Theatre Of Tukang Pijad; Wulang Sunu.
Pata Masters & Kua Etnika: Pata Java

by Chris May
The latest world music project from Cologne-based saxophonist/bandleader Norbert Stein finds his jazz/new music Pata Masters quintet in Java, collaborating with Djaduk Ferianto and his eight-piece Kua Etnika gamelan. Previous Pata Masters albums have documented the band's explorations of Moroccan and Brazilian soundscapes. The Indonesian gamelan has enchanted Western musicians since the late nineteenth ...
Pata Masters - Live In Australia
Label: PATA Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1.Parliament of Music 2.Monks 3.Wildes Denken 4.Liquid Bird 5.Atonal Citizen II 6.Chat Imaginair 7.Blue Stomp
Norbert Stein: Pata Masters - Live In Australia

by Glenn Astarita
A resident of Cologne, Germany - saxophonist/bandleader Norbert Stein’s microcosmic view of nineteenth century scientist, Dr. Faustroll’s “Pata” physics intimates a metaphorical musical translation. Whereas the crux of the matter pertains to the band’s singular characteristics! While Stein serves as the composer and tenor saxophonist, the band is a multitasking machine, as the soloists ...