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tilting curvaceous: scores, notes, concepts
In “tilting curvaceous,” patrick brennan expands upon compositional “what ifs” and the plasticities of rhythm section dynamics, working 14 possibilities from the base material (melodically encoded polyrhythmic cells) and developing it in multiple directions. On the shoulders of giants like Ellington, Monk, Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill and others, he constructs specific sonic and conceptual environments for collective improvisation, a kind of sonic lego from pieces that can be combined in infinite ways.” – António Branco, jazz.pt
tilting curvaceous: scores, notes, concepts tracks patrick brennan’s ever expanding multidirectional composition for improvisers. Along with the scores themselves, brennan takes readers inside the creative process, illustrating the concepts involved while demonstrating details of how specific ideas developed and transformed as can be heard on the Clean Feed CD tilting curvaceous recorded with s0nic 0penings, featuring Hilliard Greene on contrabass, Brian Groder on trumpet & flügelhorn, Michael T.A. Thompson on trap drums, Rod Williams on piano, and brennan on alto saxophone.
tilting curvaceous: scores, notes, concepts
patrick brennan
Arteidolia Press 2026
92 pages, paperback
ISBN: 979-8-9958461-3-0