Personnel
Gary Winters, John Zappa, Pat Harbison - trumpets
Paul Piller, Marc Fields, Gerard Aloisio - trombones
Rick VanMatre, Scott Burns, Joe Gaudio, Eugene Andre Marquis - saxophones
Michael Sharfe - acoustic and electric bass
Marc Wolfley -drums
Patrick Kelly - piano and keyboards
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Contact: pat@patkellymusic.com
QUOTES
“The PsychoAcoustics play with the mixture of casual precision and electric energy that Thad Jones brought to the big-band idiom in the 1960s...you owe it to yourself to listen up.”
Neil Tesser-Chicago Reader
“This powerhouse aggregation swings and surprises with a combination of dynamics and improvisation. Keyboardist-leader Pat Kelly writes eclectic arrangements for his roaring Cincinnati-based 13-piece band.”
Patricia Myers-JazzTimes,
March, 1997
“...to say that the PAO could swing the phone book isn’t too far an argument to advance...this [Reactivation] is an impressive session in the finest big band tradition.”
Jack Bowers-Marge Hofacre’s
Jazz News
“If you think most big band jazz needs an irreverent shot of adrenaline, tune in, turn on, and psyche out just a bit with Reactivation. You’re in for a wild ride with an often frankly sensational band.”
Tom Surowicz-Midwest Jazz,
Summer, 1996
“The music of Patrick Kelly’s PsychoAcoustic Orchestra offers new landscapes and environments to explore again and again...”
Howard Johnson-noted jazz
multi-instumentalist
“As its genre-bending name suggests, The PsychoAcoustic ensemble draws on a dizzying range of musical influences, including funk, pop and various forms of avant-garde...these musicians clearly came to town to conquer their audience.”
Howard Reich—The Chicago Tribune, January, 1995
