Patrick Cornelius profile picture

Patrick Cornelius

Brother Gabriel

About Me


Lucid Dream, the new CD, is now available at www.patrickcornelius.com
A native of San Antonio Texas, Patrick was awarded full scholarships to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees at Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Manhattan School of Music in New York. He currently lives and works in the greater New York area, and is available for concerts, private parties, music lessons, weddings, bar mitzvahs, bachelorette parties, music videos, major motion pictures, national defense policy, super string theory lectures, and basic run-of-the-mill plots for world domination.
Cornelius' latest album, Lucid Dream, features a unique mix of original compositions and cover songs. The record showcases performances by some of New York's most exciting jazz personalities: Aaron Parks, Sean Conly, Kendrick Scott, Gretchen Parlato, and Nick Vagenas.
"a new American name to watch"
-- JazzWise
"a dynamic New York altoist"
-- The Guardian
"a bold and gifted sax player"
-- All About Jazz

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/3/2005
Band Website: patrickcornelius.com
Band Members: On New Blues, Brother Gabriel, Stablemates, and One Finger Snap:

Patrick Cornelius (saxophone)
Kristjan Randalu or Andrew McCormack (piano)
Mike Janisch (bass)
Paul Wiltgen (drums)
Quentin Collins (trumpet)

On Shiver Song:

Patrick Cornelius (saxophone)
Lionel Loueke (guitar)
Aaron Goldberg (piano)
Peter Slavov (bass)
Jamire Williams (drums)

Other musicians I work with in New York include pianists Luis Perdomo, Gerald Clayton, Assen Doykin, Dan Kaufman, Miro Sprague, Dan Tepfer, and Martin Bejerano; guitarists Mike Moreno, Peter Mazza, Nir Felder, and Doug Wamble; bassists Alan Hampton, Matt Brewer, Massimo Biolcati, Peter Slavov, Matt Clohesy, and Josh Ginsberg; percussionists Pete Zimmer, Bill Campbell, Mark Ferber, Obed Calvaire, Anthony Pinciotti, Marcus Gilmore, Francisco Mela, Jochen Reukert, and Thomas Crane.
Influences: John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Duke Ellington, Branford Marsalis, Jan Garbarek, Joe Lovano, Dick Oatts, Hal Crook, Cannonball Adderley, Sydney Bechet, Johnny Hodges, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Peter Gabriel, Sting, James Brown, Steely Dan, Bruce Hornsby, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Bjork, Messian, Debussy, Ravel, JS Bach

Also, I'm very influenced and inspired by many of my peers and contemporaries, such as John Ellis, Miguel Zenon, Walter Smith, Lars Dietrich, Jaleel Shaw, Lionel Loueke, Nick Vagenas, Aaron Parks, Kendrick Scott, Josh Davis, Paul Wiltgen, Assen Doykin, and many more...
Sounds Like: Yes or No

Record Label: Bankrolled by My Savings Account Records (tm)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new tracks

For the bored and/or interested, I uploaded some new tracks recent-ish-ly:Stablemates: The Golson staple(er..mates?). From The Transatlantic collective's recent residency at Ronnie Scott's in LondonIt...
Posted by Patrick Cornelius on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:42:00 PST

Wedding photos

I’ve added a new photo album for pictures from the happiest day of my life! These were taken by my wife’s aunt. Now, we did pay a photographer an obscene amount of money to document this s...
Posted by Patrick Cornelius on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:37:00 PST

Anyone going to Europe this fall?

So I'm going to be in Europe (mostly the UK) from November 14 to December 10. Is anyone else going to be around during that time, specifically during the London Jazz Festival? I've got the gig dates, ...
Posted by Patrick Cornelius on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:11:00 PST

Nothing quite prepares you

One morning in August, I managed to get my lazy bones out of bed at a reasonable hour. Why was I able to do this? Quite simple. My fiancee works all night shifts at the hospital, and I had neglected t...
Posted by Patrick Cornelius on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:11:00 PST

Saxophone Journal

At the risk of narrowcasting to the very geekiest of the saxophonically-inclined, I'd like to announce that the November/December issue of Saxophone Journal, for which I penned a "private lesson" colu...
Posted by Patrick Cornelius on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:39:00 PST

3/15 show at Smalls moved to an earlier time (8:30pm)

Smalls has moved our performance time on Thursday, March 15th from 10pm to 8:30pm. So here are the final details:Patrick Cornelius Group featuring:Nick Vagenas: Valve TramboneGerald Clayton: PianoAlan...
Posted by Patrick Cornelius on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:29:00 PST

San Antonio concert 4/27

Hello Texas friends!Just a (very early) note to let y'all know that I'm going to be headlining the 2007 Fiesta Jazz Festival at St. Mary's University in San Antonio this year. The concert is going to ...
Posted by Patrick Cornelius on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:03:00 PST