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Vibraphonist, marimbist, improviser and composer Patricia Brennan “has been widely feted as one of the instrument’s newer leaders.” observed The New York City Jazz Record. She inherited a deep love and appreciation for musical tradition from both parents, as well as being exposed to the musical richness of her native Port of Veracruz. She started studying music at 4 years old, playing latin percussion along salsa records with her father and listening to Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin records with her mother. Also, around the same age, she started playing piano, influenced by her grandmother who was a concert pianist. 

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Patricia Brennan: Vibraphone Visions Of The Universe

Read "Patricia Brennan: Vibraphone Visions Of The Universe" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on vibraphonist and composer Patricia Brennan.Patricia Brennan grew up in Veracruz, Mexico, playing salsa with her dad while listening to Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin with her mom. She studied classical percussion at the Curtis Institute, performed with Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra, then found her voice ...

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Article: Live Review

Nels Cline and Others At 2026 Winter Jazzfest's Manhattan Marathon

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Manhattan Marathon | Brooklyn MarathonNels Cline and More Winter Jazzfest's Manhattan Marathon New York, NY January 9, 2026 Like New York's winters on the whole, the long nights of the city's Winter JazzFest demand hardiness. Moveable feasts that sprawl onto multiple stages in a neighborhood, the Jazzfest's celebrated marathons ...

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Article: Album Review

Yuhan Su: OVER the MOONs

Read "OVER the MOONs" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


It turns out that Patricia Brennan is not the only vibraphonist exploring ambitious concepts these days. On this album, Yuhan Su brings the idea of dual consciousness into music, with the musicians in her group often playing along two separate paths simultaneously. Su was born in Taiwan and is now based in New ...

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Article: Live Review

Unity Jazz Festival 2026 at Jazz At Lincoln Center

Read "Unity Jazz Festival 2026 at Jazz At Lincoln Center" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


Unity Jazz FestivalOpening NightJazz at Lincoln CentreNew York, NY January 8, 2026 It does not rain--or snow--jazz in New York in the first week of January, it pours--or blizzards--the music. Winter JazzFest, the longtime colossus that takes over clubs in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, has been joined in the past three years ...

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Article: In Pictures

Chad Taylor and Smoke Shifter at the Jazz Gallery

Read "Chad Taylor and Smoke Shifter at the Jazz Gallery" reviewed by Dave Kaufman


The most excellent album, Smoke Shifter (Otherly Love Records, 2025), places Chad Taylor in the foreground as a bandleader, but his enduring presence onstage is evidenced by a long career built on deep collaborations. He is widely recognized for his close musical bond with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, an association that ranges from duo work to ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025

Read "Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This program contains my choices for the best jazz albums of 2025. The artists heard include Claire Cope with Ensemble C, Arturo O'Farrill, Branford Marsalis, Jason Kao Hwang, and Patricia Brennan. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

2026 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide

Read "2026 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


For jazz fans who are in New York, when one countdown ends with the Times Square Ball Drop, another one begins--and ends a few days later, when Winter JazzFest officially gets underway with the first downbeat at Le Poisson Rouge. For 22 years, the festival has been the launch pad of the jazz year ...

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Article: Interview

Mary Halvorson: About the Ghosts in the Guitar

Read "Mary Halvorson: About the Ghosts in the Guitar" reviewed by Dean Nardi


No, guitarheads, recently Mary Halvorson has been inspired to put out records with her Amaryllis sextet more so than some jaggedy, lyrical shredding, but these are pretty darn good jazz records from a tight ensemble consisting of Adam O'Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone) and a rhythm section of Nick Dunston (bass) and Tomas ...

Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

Read "I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...


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