Home » Search Center » Results: PATA Music

Results for "PATA Music"

Advanced search options

311

Article: Album Review

Norbert Stein / Pata Generators: Direct Speech

Read "Direct Speech" reviewed 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 ...

279

Article: Album Review

Norbert Stein / Pata Generators: Direct Speech

Read "Direct Speech" reviewed 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 ...

348

Article: Extended Analysis

Norbert Stein: Graffiti Suite

Read "Norbert Stein: Graffiti Suite" reviewed 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 ...

Album

Pata Java

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.

235

Article: Album Review

Pata Masters & Kua Etnika: Pata Java

Read "Pata Java" reviewed 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 ...

Album

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

215

Article: Album Review

Norbert Stein: Pata Masters - Live In Australia

Read "Pata Masters - Live In Australia" reviewed 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 ...

Album

Pata Blue Chip

Label: PATA Music
Released: 2000


Engage

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.