Patrick Zimmerli Explained

Patrick Zimmerli
Birth Date:	July 23, 1968
Birth Place:	Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Genre:	Jazz, contemporary classical, avant-garde
Occupation:	Musician, composer, arranger, record producer
Instrument:	Saxophone
Years Active:	1991 - present

Patrick Zimmerli (born July 23, 1968) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and record producer.^[1]

His work has been performed at Carnegie Hall^[2] and Town Hall^[3] in New York, Wigmore Hall in London^[4] and Salle Pleyel in Paris,^[5] as well as at the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.^[6] His pieces have been featured in the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, the Colorado Music Festival, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, California.^[7]

Notable musicians and ensembles who have commissioned or performed Zimmerli's music include Brooklyn Rider, the Knights Chamber Orchestra, the New York Classical Players, flutist Jasmine Choi, violinist Timothy Fain, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, cellists Kristina Reiko Cooper and Brian Thornton, the Ying and Escher string quartets and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

In addition to his work in the classical realm, Zimmerli has collaborated with dozens of jazz musicians over the course of his career, including Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays, Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Ben Monder, Larry Grenadier, Satoshi Takeishi, John Hollenbeck, Jeff Williams and Tom Rainey, as well as Ethan Iverson and Reid Anderson of The Bad Plus. In 1993, he won first prize in the first annual BMI/Thelonious Monk Composer's Competition,^{[8] [9] [10]}

Selected works ^[11]

• Concerto No. 1 for piano, strings and percussion (1998–99)
• Suite for solo saxophone (1999)
• Piano Trio No. 1 for violin, cello and piano (2001–02)
• Piano Trio No. 2 for violin, cello and piano (2003)
• New York Overture for chamber orchestra (2003)
• The Chase for soprano saxophone, string quartet, piano, bass and jazz percussion (2005)
• The Call for viola, two violins, cello, piano, bass and jazz percussion (2005–06)
• American Spiritual for string quartet (2005–06)
• The Light Guitar for solo violin (2006)
• Narratives for solo piano (2004–07)
• Stone and Steel for cello, piano and jazz percussion (2007)
• Three Romances for violin and piano (2008)
• Spectres for solo viola (2008)
• Chamber Symphony for chamber orchestra (2008)
• Light, Color, Line, Symbol for orchestra and video (2009)
• Trio for flute, viola and harp (2009)
• Introduction and Allegro for piano four-hands (2010)
• Festival Overture for orchestra (2011)
• Quintet for violin, viola, cello, piano and jazz percussion (2011)
• Sonata for solo cello (2012)
• Parisian Memories/Parisian Dreams for saxophone, viola, violin, cello and piano (2012)
• Aspects of Darkness and Light Part I for tenor saxophone, string quartet, bass and percussion (2012)
• Aspects of Darkness and Light Part II for tenor saxophone, string quartet, bass and percussion (2013)
• Signs of Life for marimba and jazz piano (2014)
• Three Shakespeare Sonnets for bass voice and piano (2014)
• Twelve Preludes for solo organ (2010–14)
• Concerto No 2. for piano, jazz percussion and orchestra (revised) (2001–02, 2004, 2014)
• Sonata for Clarinet and Piano “Tempting Fates” (2015)
• Clockworks for tenor saxophone, piano, bass and drums (2016)
• Gathering Pools for 12 percussion soloists (2016)
• Waterfalls for 12 percussion soloists (2016)
• This Comforting Earth for soprano saxophone, piano, fender rhodes and 2 percussionists (2016)
• Anthems for full choir (SSAATTBB) (2017)
• Alan Seeger: Instrument of Destiny for men's choir, tenor soloist, jazz piano and percussion (revised) (2017, 2019)^[12]
• Piano Trio No. 3 (2019)
• Nonet for Saxophones, brass, and rhythm (2019)
• Messages for piano, classical saxophone quartet, bass and percussion (2019)
• Concerto for flute, percussion and orchestra (2020)

Discography

• Jazz Ambassadors, (Jazz City, 1995)
• Explosion, (Songlines, 1995)
• Twelve Sacred Dances, (Arabesque, 1998)
• Expansion, (Songlines, 2000)
• Book of Hours, Octurn (Songlines, 2002)
• Phoenix, (Songlines, 2003)
• Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2, (Arabesque, 2004)
• Stone and Steel, Kristina Reiko Cooper (Koch, 2008)
• Modern Music, Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays (Nonesuch, 2011)
• River of Light, Tim Fain (Naxos, 2011)
• Walking Shadows, Joshua Redman (arranger) (Nonesuch, 2013)
• Shores Against Silence (2016) ^{[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}
• Clockworks, (Songlines, 2018) ^{[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]}
• Sun on Sand, Joshua Redman and Brooklyn Rider (Nonesuch, 2019) ^{[25] [26]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: CD/LP Review: Phoenix . Eyal. Hareuveni . All About Jazz. 25 August 2005 . 6 June 2013.
2. News: Chinen. Nate. On Common Ground: The Pairing of Piano Men. New York Times. 6 June 2013.
3. Web site: Jazz Saxophonist Joshua Redman Performs June 4th at Town Hall Read more about Jazz Saxophonist Joshua Redman Performs June 4th at Town Hall. Broadway World. 6 June 2013.
4. Web site: Concert Listing: Luciana Souza and Gary Versace. Wigmore Hall. 5 June 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130624182739/http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/luciana-souza-voice-gary-versace-piano-patrick-zimmerli-saxophone-32835. 24 June 2013.
5. Web site: Concert Listing: Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays. Cite de la musique. 6 June 2013.
6. Web site: Patrick Zimmerli. Nonesuch Records. 6 June 2013.
7. Web site: Fringe: Classical Musicians Doing Un-Classical Things. Festival Mozaic. 6 June 2013.
8. Web site: Competition – Past Winners and Judges. Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. 6 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130422191820/http://www.monkinstitute.org/competition/pastwinnersandjudges.php. 22 April 2013.
9. Web site: Baker. Duck. Jazz Reviews: Twelve Sacred Dances. Jazz Times. 6 June 2013.
10. Web site: Garrett. John. Review: Joshua Redman: Walking Shadows. PopMatters. 6 June 2013.
11. Web site: List of Compositions. 2014-07-12. Patrick Zimmerli. en-US. 2020-04-09.
12. Web site: Patrick Zimmerli's 'Instrument of Destiny' at The Cathedral of St John the Divine | Gig Alerts | New Sounds. newsounds.
13. Web site: Patrick Zimmerli Shores Against Silence DownBeat review | Songlines. songlines.com.
14. Web site: Luxury Experience - Patrick Zimmerli Quartet - Shores Against Silence. luxuryexperience.com.
15. Web site: Patrick ZIMMERLI - Shores Against Silence - Songlines. Audiophile. Audition. December 27, 2016.
16. Web site: Patrick Zimmerli: Shores Against Silence. December 28, 2016.
17. Web site: Time Is Flat. November 10, 2016. NewMusicBox.
18. Web site: Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show: Podcast 553: A Conversation with Patrick Zimmerli. straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com.
19. Web site: Dance to the Music of Time. Ethan. Iverson. April 19, 2018.
20. Web site: Jazz Trotter : Patrick Zimmerli en concert à l'Ecstatic Music Festival de New York. April 13, 2018. France Musique.
21. Web site: DownBeat Reviews. www.downbeat.com.
22. Web site: Jazzismus Was There.... Jazzismus Was There....
23. Web site: Patrick Zimmerli Quartet - Clockworks. JazzTrail | NY Jazz Scene | Album Reviews | Jazz Photography.
24. Web site: The New York City Jazz Record - Issue 192 . nycjazzrecord.com . 2018 . 2020-04-19.
25. Web site: Joshua Redman à la lumière d'un quatuor. France Musique.
26. Web site: Sun on Sand - Joshua Redman, Brooklyn Rider | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. www.allmusic.com.