Brian Patneaude

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Name = Brian Patneaude


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Instrument = Saxophone
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Genre = Jazz, salsa, merengue
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Associated_acts = Empire Jazz Orchestra, Alex Torres y su Orchestra, Brian Patneaude Quartet
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Brian Patneaude (born August 8, 1974 [ [http://www.brianpatneaude.com/BIOGRAPHY.html Official web site biography page] ] ) is an award-winning American jazz saxophonist and band leader from Albany, New York, with several notable jazz recordings. In support of his three CDs, he has performed throughout the Northeastern United States and Canada, as well as a tour of Russia. He has performed with Alex Torres, Colleen Pratt, Tom Healey, the Erftones, the Empire Jazz Orchestra, Collider, Joe Glickman, and many other artists in the Upstate New York area. In addition, he has had a solo career and fronts his own band (variously ranging from a duet to quintet). He has produced all of his own recordings. He is also a blogger at AlbanyJazz.com. Patneaude is considered by critics to be one of the most exciting, "smart" [ [http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?category=ONTHEBEAT&storyID=582138&BCCode=&newsdate=4/19/2007 Albany Times Union story] ] jazz artists today. [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=698 A Conversation with Brian Patneaude ] ] [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=2485 [] [ [http://www.ejazznews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8145&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 e-Jazz] ] [ [http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/special_coverage/closeup_on_the_arts/?ArID=211558 Capital News 9] ]

Biography

Early life and career

Brian Patneaude was born on August 8, 1974 in Schenectady, New York. He received his bachelor's degree in music education at the College of St. Rose and received a full scholarship to the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati for graduate studies. [ [http://www.brianpatneaude.com/BIOGRAPHY.html Official web site biography page] ] [B.A. Nilsson, "LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD, AND STAYS LOCAL: Capital Region jazz luminary Brian Patneaude chooses to remain where he’s comfortable—and very successful", "Metroland", at [http://www.metroland.net/back_issues/vol30_no15/listen_here.html "Metroland" article] , retrieved September 9, 2007.]

While in college, he worked with several ensembles. He performed at the Newport Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York and toured Russia for two weeks. He studied saxophone with Paul Evoskevich, Rick Van Matre, and Tom Walsh, and jazz improvisation with Pat Harbison. [ [http://www.brianpatneaude.com/BIOGRAPHY.html Official web site biography page] ] [B.A. Nilsson, "LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD, AND STAYS LOCAL: Capital Region jazz luminary Brian Patneaude chooses to remain where he’s comfortable—and very successful", "Metroland", at [http://www.metroland.net/back_issues/vol30_no15/listen_here.html "Metroland" article] , retrieved September 9, 2007.]

Recent performance work

Patneaude joined the Alex Torres orchestra in 2000. This is a 12-piece Salsa, Merengue and Latin jazz band based in upstate New York. While he was part of the orchestra, they recorded three CDs -- with the Elementos, Punto de Vista and 25 To Life. They toured throughout the United States and Canada, including the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, the Master Musician Festival in Kentucky, Lake Eden Arts Festival in North Carolina, and the Bethlehem Musikfest in Pennsylvania. [ [http://www.brianpatneaude.com/BIOGRAPHY.html Official web site biography page] ] [B.A. Nilsson, "LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD, AND STAYS LOCAL: Capital Region jazz luminary Brian Patneaude chooses to remain where he’s comfortable—and very successful", "Metroland", at [http://www.metroland.net/back_issues/vol30_no15/listen_here.html "Metroland" article] , retrieved September 9, 2007.] He remains a band member of Alex Torres y su Orquestra. [http://www.brianpatneaude.com/PERFORMANCES.html Brian Patneaude official web site performances page] . Accessed May 5, 2008.]

He also joined the Empire Jazz Orchestra, a 19-piece jazz band, directed by William Meckley in 2001. In that ensemble, he has played with Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton, Wycliffe Gordon, Randy Brecker, Rufus Reid, and The Four Freshmen. [ [http://www.brianpatneaude.com/BIOGRAPHY.html Official web site biography page] ]

In 2008, Patneaude continued a heavy schedule throughout the northeast United States, including gigs several times a week in Albany, as well as performances in Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, New York, Greenville, New York, and New Bedford, Massachusetts. He is expected to make a tour to Virginia in mid-2008fact|date=May 2008

Critical reception

Patneaude has received favorable reviews from music critics.

The "Albany Times Union" called him "smart". [ [http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?category=ONTHEBEAT&storyID=582138&BCCode=&newsdate=4/19/2007 Albany Times Union] ]

"Metroland", the largest weekly in the Capital District of New York, reviewed him in a front-page feature article with these words:

Others

He has been featured in two articles at AllAboutJazz.com [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=698 A Conversation with Brian Patneaude ] ] [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=2485 [] and one on eJazz. [ [http://www.ejazznews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8145&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 e-Jazz] ] He has been noted at the "Albany Times Union" several times. [ [http://timesunion.com/calendar/headliner.asp?headlinerID=2342 Albany Times Union] ] He was featured by the local Time Warner News station. [ [http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/special_coverage/closeup_on_the_arts/?ArID=211558 Capital News 9] ] Patneaude has won the "Metroland" Reader's Poll "Best Local Jazz Band" several times, most recently in 2008. [ [http://www.metroland.net/feature_2.html Metroland Feature] . Accessed March 8, 2008.]

Discography

As band leader

All of these CDs are on WPEA, and are self-produced: [B.A. Nillsen, "LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD, AND STAYS LOCAL: Capital Region jazz luminary Brian Patneaude chooses to remain where he’s comfortable—and very successful", "Metroland", at [http://www.metroland.net/back_issues/vol30_no15/listen_here.html "Metroland" article] , retrieved September 9, 2007.]

* Variations - Brian Patneaude Quartet (2003) WEPA 0503
* Distance - Brian Patneaude Quartet (2005) WEPA 1105
* As We Know It - Brian Patneaude Quartet (2007) WEPA 0407

Compilations and joint efforts

* Patneaude has recorded with Collider and Joe Glickman.fact|date=October 2007
* His band ranges from duo, trio, and quartet, to quintet.fact|date=October 2007
* He is webmaster at albanyjazz.com. [ [http://www.albanyjazz.com Albany Jazz web site] ]

ee also

* Albany, New York
* Lark Street

References

External links

* [http://patneaude.blogspot.com Blog]
* [http://www.brianpatneaude.com official web site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/brianpatneaudequartet quartet Myspace]
* [http://www.albanyjazz.com/ Albany Jazz]