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Brian Groder is rapidly becoming known as one of the most original jazz voices of his generation. Equally fluent on trumpet and flugelhorn, Groder draws on the entire jazz tradition, as well as world music influences, to create the music Cadence magazine has hailed as "tender and well delivered, with subtle and unexpected rhythmic responses."

Groder's preference for working with other composer/performers gives his brand of modern progressive jazz unique improvisatory richness and depth. For performances and recordings of the Brian Groder Ensemble, founded in the early 1990's, Groder chooses from a pool of talented musicians, including core members Francesca Tanksley, acclaimed pianist and composer (Billy Harper Quintet, Erica Lindsay, David Newman, Cecil Payne), and percussionist, composer and solo artist Newman Taylor Baker (Benny Powell, Ahmad Jamal, Dewey Redman, Henry Threadgill). The Ensemble has performed throughout the country, including the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Orlando Fringe Festival, the Rittenhouse Square Arts Festival, and, in New York, at Visiones, The Knitting Factory, and the Cornelia Street Cafe, among others.

Brian's list of jazz cohorts includes an enviable collection of players from all segments of the jazz spectrum; Katsuyuki Itakura, Blaise Siwula, John McLellan, Jackson Krall, Albey Balgochian, JD Parran, Taylor Ho Bynum, Andrew Lamb, Amanda Butterfield, Kevin Kuhn, and Andy McKee are just a few of the musicians who have shared a stage or recording session with Mr. Groder.

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Album Review

Patrick Brennan: Tilting Curvaceous

Read "Tilting Curvaceous" reviewed by John Sharpe


In spite of being active on the NYC scene since the mid-'70s, alto saxophonist and composer patrick brennan (he prefers his name spelled entirely in lowercase letters) has a relatively sparse discography, to which tilting curvaceous constitutes a splendid addition. It constitutes the seventh release by his S0nic 0penings band since Introducing S0UP (Deep Dish, 1981), but the first since 2007's Muhheankuntuk (Clean Feed). Bassist Hilliard Greene has been an ever-present since 2002, though trumpeter Brian Groder, drummer Michael TA ...

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Patrick Brennan Sonic Openings: Tilting Curvaceous

Read "Tilting Curvaceous" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


The quintet project Tilting Curvaceous is saxophonist/composer Patrick Brennan's sixth leader/co-leader date since the late 1990s. His duo recording Terraphonia (Creative Sources Recordings, 2019) with guitarist Abdul Moimême demonstrated a strong affinity for free improvisation within unconventional settings and uncommon concepts. Brennan is joined by trumpeter and flugelhorn player Brian Groder. The native New Yorker has been a long-time fixture on the NYC jazz scene and has devoted a significant part of his career to the frequent use of free-form ...

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Cusa - Groder - Grosso - Miano: Human Pieces

Read "Human Pieces" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Rientrato nella natia Sicilia dopo una lunga permanenza negli Stati Uniti, il pianista, compositore e didatta Tonino Miano non ha perso tempo e ha prontamente messo in piedi una formazione con due corregionali-- Riccardo Grosso al contrabbasso e Francesco Cusa alla batteria--e un suo frequente collaboratore dell'area newyorchese--il trombettista Brian Groder. L'album si articola su sette tracce, tutte di una certa ampiezza--la più lunga, “Skitties Heavy," supera i dieci minuti--e di notevole coerenza, pur nella loro mutevolezza. Il ...

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Patrick Brennan and sOnic Opening: Tilting Curvaceous

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Tilting Curvaceous is all-of-a-piece, s0nic 0penings' instigator and extraordinary alto saxophonist Patrick Brennan informs us, emerging from a single “meta-groove interface," to be heard whole. That may come naturally to fans of creative improvisation since the breakthroughs of Ornette Coleman, say, and new constructions by composers including Cecil Taylor, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Henry Threadgill and Brennan himself. However, as presented in 14 distinct tracks, this album is also a suite of inter-related movements--separate, comparable, able to ...

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Album Review

Brian Groder Trio: Luminous Arcs

Read "Luminous Arcs" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Il sessantasettenne trombettista newyorchese Brian Groder, alla testa di un trio coi fiocchi, confeziona uno di quegli album che rappacificano con la storia del jazz e le sue diramazioni. Solido quanto scevro da ogni banalità o facile aggancio con tracciati troppo battuti, Luminous Arcs, inciso alla fine del 2018 e uscito giusto un anno dopo, è infatti uno di quei lavori capaci di mantenere i piedi saldi per terra, memori di una tradizione che non si fa ...

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Brian Groder Trio: R Train On The D Line

Read "R Train On The D Line" reviewed by Mark Corroto


An album like R Train On The D Line is what separates jazz listeners from non-jazz listeners. The Brian Groder Trio plays the kind of composed yet improvised music that portends to go off the rails at any time, yet never does. And that may be the true definition of jazz. Consider the audiences' double-take when Louis Armstrong put a trumpet to his lips to open “West End Blues." Satchmo broke all the musical commandments with his improvised ...

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Brian Groder Trio: R Train On The D Line

Read "R Train On The D Line" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


A New York City jazz scene regular, the trumpeter and flugelhorn player Brian Groder returns with the trio that helped make Reflexology (Latham Records, 2014) such a highly satisfying recording. Bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Jay Rosen are well-suited to supporting Groder's flexible, energetic and probing objectives. Following their previous work together, their mutual empathy of free-form approaches, combined with uncompromising melodies, the trio has proven to be an ambitious unit with a truly different sound.The title--R Train ...

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Recording

Groder & Greene Release Free Jazz Album on Latham Records

Groder & Greene Release Free Jazz Album on Latham Records

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

New York, New York -- Free or modern progressive jazz can take many forms but for seasoned artists like trumpet/flugel horn player Brian Groder and pianist Burton Greene the outcome is always definitive and enduring.

On their first collaboration for Latham Records the duo's album Groder & Greene hit the shelves on October 1, 2009 after nearly two years prior to the original recording date. Good things come with time and jazz listeners will be rewarded ...

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Radio

The Jazz Session #30: Brian Groder

The Jazz Session #30: Brian Groder

Source: All About Jazz

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Brian Groder. Groder's new album, Torque (Latham Records, 2006), features jazz master Sam Rivers on saxophone and flute, along with bassist Doug Mathews and drummer Anthony Cole. Groder has played with everyone from Cecil Taylor and Joanne Brackeen to Joe Cocker, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. In addition to his various projects with other musicians, Groder also writes music for multimedia pieces and dance ...

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Performance / Tour

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM Brian Groder's Double Perceptions Rez Abbasi guitar Dominic Duval double-bass Newman Taylor Baker drums Brian Groder trumpet DeePop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25, 2007 7pm 43 E. 7th Street NYC 212-982-3006 $10.00 door Equally fluent on trumpet and flugelhorn, Groder ...

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Performance / Tour

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM

Source: All About Jazz

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions Rez Abbasi guitar Dominic Duval double-bass Newman Taylor Baker drums Brian Groder trumpet

DeePop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25, 2007 7pm 43 E. 7th Street NYC 212-982-3006 $10.00 door

Equally fluent on trumpet and flugelhorn, Groder draws on the entire jazz tradition, as well as world music influences, to create the music ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Tilting Curvaceous

Clean Feed Records
2023

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Human Pieces

Leo Records
2022

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Luminous Arcs

Latham Records
2019

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R Train On The D Line

Latham Records
2016

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Reflexology

Latham Records
2014

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FluiDensity

Impressus Records
2013

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