5th February 2014: Patrick Cornelius Featured on NPR Jazzset

New York saxophonist and composer Patrick Cornelius has recently been featured on NPR’s Jazzset with a performance of his recent suite of original music entitled When We Were Very Young. 

The suite, based on A.A. Milne’s 1924 book of poetry of the same name, contains five movements and in this recording with NPR features an array of top New York musicians including Jason Palmer (trumpet), John Ellis (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Nick Vayenas (trombone), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Gerald Clayton (piano), Peter Slavov (bass) and Kendrick Scott (drums). 

You can hear the whole hour-long performance of the suite on NPR’s website, which also includes insight in to the chosen inspiration for Patrick’s new work. 

Patrick has released two albums with WWR, Fierce and Infinite Blue, which you can hear and purchase on our album page and featured below we have a track from each of those albums for your listening pleasure.