#patricia brennan

[dustedmagazine]

Alan Braufman — Infinite Love, Infinite Tears (Valley of Search)

Photo by Gabriela Bhaskar

A veteran of the New York loft jazz scene, alto saxophonist and flautist Alan Braufman is best known for his 1975 album Valley of Search notable as the only recording from the free jazz performance space founded by Braufman, Cooper-Moore, David S. Ware and Chris Amberger at 501 Canal St. On his latest album, Braufman smooths off some of the rough edges of his early work and his collaborations with Cooper-Moore whilst retaining a joyous, exploratory tone. Braufman takes a heavily rhythmic approach to his music both in his choice of line-up and his own playing. On alto, he favors a reedy staccato approach whether building intensity in unison with tenor player James Brandon Lewis or soloing, Braufman tends to circle his themes, adding detail, darting through the register.

The two longest tracks illustrate the album’s title. “Spirits” is the love. This up-tempo major key piece opens with Chad Taylor’s straight ahead beat as Ken Filiano lays down a funk bass line. Patricia Brennan’s vibraphone floats almost pianistic above them before the reeds enter, bright. Braufman takes the first solo, pushing high in short bursts. His clarity and harmonic control remain as he extends his notes and skirts dissonance. Lewis follows his tone in a muscular fashion, his solo pitched somewhere in Coltrane’s mid period, melodic but moving outward as he piles ever more notes into each bar, the rhythm section responding in rumbling waves. Patricia Brennan’s vibraphone evokes Bobby Hutcherson with its warm tone and oblique routes through the polyrhythms of Taylor and percussionist Michael Wimberly. Braufman and Lewis reenter circling one another before merging into a triumphant fanfare.

“Liberation,” the tears, is darker. The track builds from Filiano’s resonant arco and a febrile clatter of percussion. The horns sound a foreboding lament, before branching into impassioned solos that evoke struggle against binding chains. Brennan works beatific figures over the rising register of the bass before Braufman and Lewis return to the fray, freer now as Filiano drops his bow to allow his fingers to roam the fretboard. Each reiteration of the lament is met with increased resistance. It ends ebbing back to the beginning. Whatever progress made mired in the ahistorical stasis of the present. Bleak as a history, it is a graceful tribute to forbearance and a magnificent piece of music.

Andrew Forell

[nonesuchrecords]

Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson has released a video of her performing her song "Night Shift" live with a newly formed sextet of master improvisers—Patricia Brennan on vibraphone, Nick Dunston on bass, Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Jacob Garchik on trombone, and Adam O’Farrill on trumpet—at Roulette in Brooklyn in September 2021. The performance took place just three days before the musicians recorded the piece for Amaryllis, one of Halvorson’s two Nonesuch debut albums, along with Belladonna, released this past May.

[sinceileftyoublog]

Mary Halvorson Album Review: Cloudward

(Nonesuch)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Jazz guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson doesn't demand attention--as a listener, you give it to her anyway. Her latest album Cloudward features eight new compositions from the Amaryllis sextet, the same group featured on her excellent dual 2022 releases Amaryllis and Belladonna. Largely written in 2022 and inspired by post-pandemic optimism, the album title refers to flying on planes, an aspect of pre-pandemic life that returned despite our world never again being the same. Indeed, you could say the songs recall various stages of flight, from ascent and descent to coasting and turbulence, but in a broader sense, they simply show off Halvorson's incredible ability to foster something organic.

For much of Cloudward, Halvorson retreats into the background. Opener "The Gate" features Patricia Brennan's vibraphones in unison with the horn section, Nick Dunston's bass and Tomas Fujiwara's drums sneaking behind. Halvorson's trademark wiry playing peeps out from underground but doesn't assert itself to distract from Fujiwara's immaculate tempo changes or Jacob Garchik's trombone. Similarly, when Halvorson enters on "Collapsing Mouth", it's minimal and subtle, making room for Brennan panning around the horn section, and the rhythm section. Halvorson simply creeps on "Unscrolling", a song whose title I like to think pays tribute to the plane as the last place many of us can't or don't want to access the Internet. Its gongs and rippling cymbals contrast both the gorgeous brass harmonies and Dunston's moaning bowed bass, an exercise in deep listening if there ever was one. And then there's the Laurie Anderson-featuring "Incarnadine", a song that plays with your perception to the point you want to go even further down its rabbit hole. Atonal strings sound like they're being sucked out of the air and spit into another dimension; you're not sure whether the horn-like sounds are from effects or the featured players themselves, the entire track an alluring mystery.

Even on the tracks where Halvorson places her guitar front and center, she creates an atmosphere for all of the instruments to play off of each other. "The Tower" starts with prickly, echoing picking that turns chaotic and spidery--similar to Dunston's bass on "Unscrolling"--and eventually slows down to let vibes through the door along with Fujiwara's washy brushwork and the horn section. As the song builds, it sounds like the instruments are ricocheting off of each other. When it slows, it's delightfully woozy and harmonic. By the end, you realize Halvorson's beginning, alternating between abstraction and tactility, had set the stage for the rest of the song. On "Desiderata", the space between her guitar rhythms and Fujiwara's drums creates a funky sway, Brennan's vibes the first lead instrument. Halvorson crawls along horn lines before unleashing a crunchy, effects-laden solo, her one time to shred. On closer "Ultramarine", her playing emulates Dunston's upright bass solo to the point where it creates a pseudo blues vamp. Later, her bends emphasize the woozy quality of the horns, making space for Adam O'Farrill's trumpet solo. The song exemplifies the ultimate paradox of Cloudward in general: As players enter, the songs feel no less spacious, and no less empty as players leave. Halvorson creates a sort of static motion, like you're suspended in air while tunneling through space and time, on a plane in the sky.

[donospl]

Co w jazzie piszczy [sezon 1 odcinek 1]

premierowa emisja 1 lutego 2023 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Nikol Bokova  „Second Impression” z albumu  „Naked Pieces” – Soleil et Plue Designers „Lebanon” z albumu „Designers” – WeJazz Goncalo Almeida “Pt. 7” z albumu „Improvisations On Amplified And Prepared Double Bass” – Shhpuma Kurt Rosenwinkel “First Impression” z albumu “Berlin Baritone” – Heartcore Records FUSK “Bacteria” z albumu Absurd…

[culturedarm]

James Brandon Lewis issues a clarion call in the name of freedom, JFDR wields the orchid as a symbol of rebirth, and Mark Kimbrell and Patrick Shiroishi elaborate the saxophone-drum duo tradition as Oort Smog. Angélica Salvi conjures the buck and brace of horse riding, Hypnotic Sleep and The Fulmars unfurl four foggy notions for Kashual Plastik, and Jesse Peterson of Turn On The Sunlight enlists Cavana Lee for an album of sweeping murmurations and cloudless exaltations which carries the life-affirming message You Belong. Felicity Mangan and Photay with Carlos Niño share a fascination with water, Enumclaw fulfill their destiny on their debut Save the Baby, and Glüme goes on the lam in a quest full of heartache and love. https://culturedarm.com/tracks-of-the-week-15-10-22/

[checkoutmybookshelf]

Here There Be Dragons

I was thinking about dragons, and while a SHOCKING number of my dragony books are still in tubs in my Dad's basement in Alaska, I do have a few dragony books on my shelves at the moment and I wanted to share them, who their dragons are, and why I love them.

A Natural History of Dragons follows Isabella Camehurst (the future Lady Isabella Trent) as she works to build the field of draconic studies. The dragons here skew more animalistic than intelligent, but they're very cool, and the exploration of both the natural history of dragons and Isabella absolutely obliterating pseudo-Victorian gender roles in the name of science is extremely fun.

Heart of Stone features the draconic mob boss Janx, who fully has all the energy of "class clown who grew up to use his powers for evil" and simultaneously is himself a dragon. Between his phenomenal chemistry with Margrit and his on-again off-again tempestuous relationship with Daisani, Janx is never not fun.

Guards! Guards! features the absolutely darling Errol, who frankly is a miracle of nature and everyone's sad panda dragon. I get very Tad Cooper vibes from Errol, and between him and the great dragon summoned to eat Lady Sybil, the dragon shenanagins in this book are a solid 10/10. But then, it's Terry Pratchett, what else would we expect?

Ok, full disclosure: Calling on Dragons is the third book in the Dealings with Dragons quartet, but my copies of the first, second, and fourth books are in Alaska, so we are sneaking this one in. This particular book is lighter on the actual dragons than the first book, but Kazul just going full on Quincy P. Morris on a group of wizards never gets old, and Wrede's voice is, quite simply, incomparable.

Last but never, ever least (Naomi Novik has never written a bad book in her life and the JEALOUSY and ADMIRATION I feel are intense) is His Majsesty's Dragon. Temeraire, baby, you keep doing you and dragging Lawrence to the light side because you might be young and inexperienced but you're RIGHT. And just utterly charming. Not to mention the fact that his entire formation are a treat--I would hug on Maximus forever, we really need more gentle giant himbo dragons in the word (Maximus disagrees when he meets Kulingile, but we're just going to ignore that).

[spookytuesdaypod]

spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

do you think justin long finds the most fucked up horror projects or do you think they find him? he certainly got the ball rolling back in the day, though, when he took his first leading role. a monster movie that may or may not have started the trend of taking an old song and giving it spooky scary vibes, jeepers creepers (2001) tells the story of two siblings facing off against a cryptid with his very own vanity license plate. on a new episode of spooky tuesday, we’re talking about classic horror movie mistakes, picking just the right tune for any occasion, and staying both gay and sexy forever.

give spooky tuesday a listen on apple podcasts, spotify, iheart radio, or stitcher

[mariocki]

Victoria Regina: Winter (1.4, Granada, 1964)

"What is one to do? There are so many of them - far too many, as you say - and social conditions make it so difficult, you can't get rid of ignorance in a day, Mrs. Clayton!"

"No, nor in a lifetime if one does nothing. Indifference, prejudice, class distinction; all help."

"Help?"

"Have helped, most certainly, to make Windsor what no self-respecting place ought to be."

"Would you wish to get rid of class distinction, Mrs. Clayton?"

"I would wish to get rid of anything, ma'am, which prevents people from recognising their responsibilities."

[heavenlycinema]

Jeepers Creepers 2001

Victor Salva

“It needs to scare you. There’s something in fear, something it can smell. Something that tells it if there’s anything inside someone that it might like.”

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my Spooktober Filmfest...Jeepers Creepers (2001) on amazing blu-ray! #movie #movies #horror #jeeperscreepers #TheCreeper #jonathanbreck #justinlong #GinaPhillips #raywise #patriciabelcher #eileenbrennan #2000s #bluray #spooktober #halloween #october

[hartenlust]

consider the birds: a provocative guide to birds of the bible - debbie blue • i'm not that girl - wicked • the price of salt - patricia highsmith • the thrill, the fear, the hope - david gryphon • a court of fey and flowers - brennan lee mulligan, dimension 20 • one last stop - casey mcquiston • pride and prejudice - jane austen • summer dreams - henry scott tuke & had a dream about you - richard siken, collage by @/sikenarthistory • the pillowcase - annelyse gelman • miss you. would like to grab that chilled tofu we love. - gabrielle calvocoressi

[godzilla-reads]

2024 Year of the Wood Dragon Reading Challenge

Since 2024 is the Year of the Wood Dragon, I thought I'd put together a reading challenge based around one of my greatest loves-DRAGONS! Here are some prompts for each month, along with a couple suggestions for reading. Feel free to read whatever fits the category, though!

January- A Dragon Book With a POC MC

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott

The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'Neill

February- A Dragon Romantasy OR A Talking Dragon

The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

His Majesty's Dragon by Noami Novik

March- A Dragon Training Book

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Silver Batal and the Water Dragon Races by K.D. Halbrook

April- A Middle-Grade Dragon Book

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

No Such Thing as Dragons by Philip Reeve

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

May- An LGBTQA+ Dragon Book

The Dragon Festival by Kay O'Neill

The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells

June- A "Classic" Dragon Book

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen

July- A Children's Dragon Book

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame

The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit

August- D&D Dragons or RPG Dragons

Red Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weiss

A Practical Guide to Dragons by Lisa Trumbauer

September- Searching for Dragons

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Hatching Magic by Ann Downer

The Dragon Ark by Emma Roberts and Tomislav Tomic

October- Dragons as Villains

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

A Town Called Dragon by Judd Winick

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

November- Graphic Novels Featuring Dragons

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy- The Graphic Novel by Tui T. Sutherland and Mike Holmes

The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay

December- Ice Dragons

The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin

Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett

Ice Dragon by Edith Nesbit

Happy Reading!

[brian-in-finance]

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KIN and Lies We Tell lead Irish Film and Television Academy Award nominations

Charlie Cox and Clare Dunne in KIN

RTÉ crime drama KIN and psychological thriller Lies We Tell lead this year's IFTA nominations.

The Irish Film and Television Academy Awards will take place on Saturday 20 April with winners being announced across 28 different categories celebrating the best of Irish film and TV drama. The Awards will be hosted for the first time by Emmy-winning broadcaster Baz Ashmawy.

RTÉ's KIN, which follows the notorious Kinsella family, has received 11 drama nominations including Best Drama, as well as Lead Actor for Francis Magee and Sam Keeley, and Lead Actress for Clare Dunne.

Michael Smiley plays a father on the edge in Obituary

Magee and Keeley are up against some strong competition with Michael Smiley (Obituary), Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) Daryl McCormack (The Woman in the Wall) also nominated. While Dunne competes with Sharon Horgan (Best Interests), Niamh Algar (Malpractice), Elva Trill (Northern Lights), Siobhán Cullen (Obituary) and Caitríona Balfe (Outlander).

The Best Drama category showcases a wealth of homegrown talent with Blue Lights, Hidden Assets, Northern Lights, Obituary and The Woman in the Wall also vying for the coveted award.

Agnes O'Casey stars in Lies We Tell

Over in the film categories Lisa Mulcahy’s gothic Irish tale, Lies We Tell, has received a whopping 13 nominations including Best Film, Lead Actor for David Wilmot, Lead Actress for Agnes O’Casey and Best Director for Mulcahy.

It will be a hotly contested battle for the Lead Actor award with Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer), Andrew Scott (All Of Us Strangers), Barry Keoghan (Saltburn), Barry Ward (That We May Face The Rising Sun) and Pierce Brosnan (The Last Rifleman) also in the running.

Jessie Buckey stars in the romantic drama movie Fingernails

The same goes for the Lead Actress category which sees O'Casey compete with Jessie Buckley (Fingernails), Eve Hewson (Flora and Son), Saoirse Ronan (Foe), Bríd Brennan (My Sailor, My Love) and Geraldine McAlinden (Verdigris).

Also nominated for Best Film are pharmaceutical horror-thriller Double Blind, John Carney's Flora and Son, quirky sci-fi fable LOLA, John McGahern's That They May Face The Rising Sun and Patricia Kelly's debut feature film, Verdigris.

Stephen Rea will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's ceremony. The award will be presented to the Oscar-nominated actor for his outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry over a career that has spanned five decades.

Responding to the Lifetime Achievement Award announcement, Rea said: "So much of Irish culture has been recovered and reimagined. Music, language, literature, theatre.

Stephen Rea will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award

"And cinema can be added to that list because of the special energy of John Boorman who produced Neil Jordan's first film Angel. And to my astonishment, my first film too. Neil thrust the script and a saxophone into my hands and suddenly I was in the movies. Well, one really original movie, which was at the beginning of a new confidence in Irish cinema.

"And now many films later, IFTA have, equally surprisingly, offered me a Lifetime Achievement Award. A lifetime of collaboration with the most generous and creative artists you could ever work with. And hang out with. Thanks to all of them. Thank you IFTA."

RTÉ 🎧 Radio News Cip and Full List of Nominations

Remember her 10th IFTA Nomination? ☘️

[mlentertainment]

okay 4 month long fancast/elaborate sleep deprivation project is complete. here's who should star in the unsleeping city live action tv show

pete - elliot page (officially endorsed by ally)

kingston - jeffrey wright, isaiah mustafa; laurence fishburne or idris elba if they wanted to

sofia - samantha win (wow she looks So Very Italian for sure definitely... dw about it i want her wushu skills more than anything)

ricky - mackenyu

misty - CATHERINE O'HARA (hunter schafer as rowan)

kugrash - hank azaria (voice only), fiona dourif (voice and physical)

iga - if catherine's not available for s1 can she come on for s2 as iga. otherwise patricia arquette

cody - devon bostick is 31 which means he still fits the 27 yr old mall goth window and i cannot unsee the rodrick eyeliner and also can't think of anyone better. hi devon you're my last hope

esther sinclair - jade eshete (the casting thought that started this monster post)

gabriela sinclair/furies - i mean angela bassett if you're free--

alejandro ortiz - edward james olmos

ana and amelia ortiz - isabella gomez? classic single actor playing twins moment but i think her energy is good #odaat

robert moses - ed harris. or another guy who can do crazy scary. i'm finishing this list at 5 am can u tell

dale lee - daniel henney

jackson wei - key quy quan i don't care give him work i am kissing him respectfully

emiko matsui - karen fukuhara

53V3N - brennan's cameo

priya danger - i mean. come on. jameela jamil

dr. lugash - anthony carrigan. i had to fit him in here somewhere LET'S GOOOOOO NOHO HANK... 2!

mario bicicleta - james ransone *sniper shoots a warning shot next to my head*

lowell masters - nick offerman i guess

wally kugrich - alan tudyk

david kugrich - michael shannon

cindy wong - margaret cho

tony simos - dave bautista (is apparently part greek? That's fun. what's important is he's built like a truck)

heather simos - ME!! ✌🥰✌

jj jacobs - lane factor

not casting Nod bc i literally don't pay attention to child actors. saw someone mention bradley whitford as sondheim which i thought was genius (and joe pesci as don confetti which was great but unrealistic) (<- is treating this like they're an actual casting director) but beyond that are there any fun roles i missed?? i tried to cover both szns as well as i could

[the-dust-jacket]

Hello. I've already read the Kingston Cycle, Half a Soul and I'm about to finish the Stariel books. Do you have more recommendations? Thank you in advance.

Oh absolutely!

A Matter of Magic, by Patricia C. Wrede (for cross-country Regency romps, rogues, magicians, spies, and Ladies of Quality)

A Marvellous Light, by Freya Marske (for murder and mystery and secret Edwardian wizardry, romance, grand old houses and creepy curses)

Spellbound, by Allie Therin (for forbidden love, found family, and frightening magic in 1920s New York)

Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal (for frothy and impeccably evocative Regency magic)

Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho (for schemes both magical and mundane and the world of fairy crossing into the world of the tonne)

To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis (for laugh-out-loud time travel shenanigans and questionable Victorian aesthetic choices)

Soulless, by Gail Carriger (for vampire assassins, werewolf aristocrats, interrupted tea time, and other terrible inconveniences which may beset a young lady)

A little darker:

The Magpie Lord, by KJ Charles (for semi-secret magical society, creepy family estate, steamy romance all in an Extremely Victorian Gothic setting)

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (clever and deeply atmospheric tour of a magical 19th century England, but definitely not romance)

Salt Magic, Skin Magic, by Lee Welch (for curses and magical bonds and frightening fairies)

Widdershins, by Jordan L Hawk (for Gilded Age mystery and romance featuring Lovecraftian horror and humor)

More fantasy:

Uprooted, by Naomi Novik (for fairytale magic and whimsy, adventure and romance and creepy trees)

Seducing the Sorcerer, by Lee Welch (for wizard fashion, romance and humor and whimsical magic)

Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (for wild romps in the fairyland next door, alternately humorous and haunting)

More historical:

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles (for saucy Regency romance and determined social scheming)

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (for dry humor, wacky hijinx, and extended family shenanigans)

Hither Page or The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian (village and manor house mysteries respectively, featuring lots of queer romance and found family with a dash of jaded post-war espionage)

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (for yearning and laughs and first love and an eccentric family living in an increasingly run down castle)

A little farther from the brief, but might be worth checking out On Vibes:

The Left Handed Booksellers of London, by Garth Nix

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, by Diana Wynne Jones

His Majesty's Dragon, by Naomi Novik (more Regency fantasy, but full on Age of Sail adventure rather than comedy of manners, romance, or secret magic)

Among Others, by Jo Walton

Arabella of Mars, by David D. Levine

A Natural History of Dragons, by Marie Brennan

It also sounds like a Georgette Heyer or Jeeves and Wooster binge would be really fun right now!