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"I walked in just as Patrick Breiner blew the first blast of the evening: a startling, corkscrewing, unaccompanied improvisation on tenor sax that lasted for minutes without a break. It was an impressive feat... and it served notice that Breiner is a force to be reckoned with."
- Dean Robbins, The Daily Page
 
"Sensitive at times, agonizing at others... and the result is excellent."
- Stef at the Free Jazz Blog
 
"Virtuosic saxophone stylings a la post-minimalism."
- In2itive Music, Madison, WI
 
A veteran of the New York jazz scene, Patrick Breiner now resides in Madison, WI. He is still an active member of New York groups such as Billy Hart's "Academy" band, NOOK, Myk Freedman's Whistle Sound Band and Suit, Bing and Ruth, and Basement Magic.
 
Patrick chooses to use the alias Vartan Mamigonian while performing his solo saxophone works. He is, after all, not himself when summoning everything from ferocious screams to velvety subtone from his instrument whilst weaving hypnotically rhythmic melodies. Vartan Mamigonian appears in both history and literature as both sinner and saint. Similarly, Breiner's works can be tender or abrasive or anywhere in between.