brennan plays within a sense of the jazz continuum, a highly expressive player possessed of a brilliant economy of line who can infest a fragment of a scale with tremendous psychic weight. — Point of Departure

A superior musical endeavor featuring a rare musical vision performed at the highest level. — All About Jazz New York

His compositions are fresh and quite original. patrick brennan’s a first class saxophonist and composer. — Cadence

An abstract conception balanced with plenty of wit and soul. — Time Out

His sound isn’t easy to file. It’s not totally free, unhinged, but what it’s tethered to is hard to say. It’s not exactly melodic either. His sound is puzzling and inviting. He could hold an audience unaccompanied. — The Other Night at Quinns