{"id":7025,"date":"2025-03-06T01:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T01:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassmine.8080.dev\/concert\/vega-trails-external-organizer\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:23:41","slug":"vega-trails-external-organizer","status":"publish","type":"concert","link":"https:\/\/jassmine.com\/en\/concert\/vega-trails-external-organizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Vega Trails\u00a0[external organizer]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vega Trails \u2013 a project by musicians from Portico Quartet and Mammal Hands \u2013 live in Warsaw! \r\n\r\nArtists from Gondwana Records will perform on May 18 at Jassmine.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Vega Trails<\/strong> is a chamber jazz project led by double bassist Milo Fitzpatrick<\/strong> (Portico Quartet), featuring saxophonist Jordan Smart<\/strong> (Mammal Hands) and pianist Taz Modi<\/strong> (also from Portico Quartet).<\/p>\n

Inspired by life in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama<\/strong> mountains north of Madrid, Fitzpatrick created “Sierra Tracks”<\/strong> \u2013 a new album blending the evocative feel of film music with intimate jazz. Following their focused debut “Tremors In Static”<\/strong>, recorded as a duo with Jordan Smart, Milo expanded the project<\/strong> to include piano, vibraphone, and strings. Taz Modi’s piano playing<\/strong> brings “rhythmic movement, freeing the bass and saxophone from excess responsibilities,” while multi-instrumentalist Jordan Smart<\/strong> remains a key voice, playing soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, duduk, and ney flute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Hania Rani had a significant influence on the album\u2019s string arrangements,” Fitzpatrick reveals, as he consulted with his Gondwana Records labelmate<\/strong> during her film score sessions in Warsaw. “She suggested sharing the studio session, and I realized the palette of sounds could be truly vast.”<\/p>\n

“Sierra Tracks”<\/strong> is a love letter<\/strong> to the rugged landscapes Fitzpatrick now calls home. It also reflects his journey toward mental balance<\/strong> after the challenges of the pandemic. “I wanted to express how walking or running can bring clarity and order to tangled emotions\u2014like discovering a new path that shifts your perspective and helps you find peace and acceptance.”<\/p>\n

The result? Vega Trails’ music is a true remedy for the mind, body, and soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The band<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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