Yet another great vibraphone led album for 2024 – this time from visionary composer and player Patricia Brennan. In fact of the recent crop of superb vibes sessions this stands out as the most progressive. Breaking Stretch has Brennan extending the limits of not just her instrument but our preconceptions of how the vibes sit in a “jazz” ensemble.
“I wanted to push the music and the musicians almost to the breaking point,” Brennan explains. “I wrote music that creates the illusion of width and narrowness, either with orchestration techniques or with a play on rhythmic structures.”
Her band includes trumpet player Adam O’Farrill who has his own fine album receiving plenty of love on One Jazz right now and percussionist Mauricio Herrera alongside drummer Marcus Gilmore.
It’s music for head, heart and feet. Vibes.
This is our Album Of The Week on One Jazz w/c Monday 9th September