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Patos is a Brooklyn based contemporary music band led by David Najera Gonzalez. Their songs are composed and arranged by him, but years of friendship have shaped the full sonic experience.

The band features Cat Evers and Lily Resnikoff on vocals, Griffin Koelbel on baritone sax, Jim bates on tenor sax, Xavier brown on alto sax, Ben Shanblatt on guitar, Greg Driza on bass and David Najera Gonzalez on drums.

David Najera Patos

Their EP was recorded at state-of-the art Dimension 70 studios in LES, New York. It was released on February 9th, 2024 and the music video for “Form of Motion” on July 26th, 2024. The album release show was celebrated at Nublu 151 in Alphabet City.

 

The song “Give It A Chance” was featured as Song of The Day by All About Jazz online magazine. Songs from the EP have been played by the following high-quality radio stations in Mexico : UniRadio, Jalisco Radio, Horizonte Jazz FM, Radio Educación, Radio UAEH, Radio UABC.

The EP is available on streaming services!

While it is on Spotify and Apple Music, please consider supporting the band directly on Bandcamp over other services. It makes a big difference for us. 

@ Photography and album artwork by Laura Neves

Liner notes

Musicians: 

 

Vocals - Lily Resnikoff

Vocals - Cat Evers

Alto Saxophone - Xavier Brown

Tenor Saxophone - Jim Bates

Baritone Saxophone - Griffin Koelbel

Electric Bass - Greg Driza

Guitar - Ben Shanblatt

Drums - David Nájera Gonzalez

Recorded at Dimension 70 in NYC

Engineered by Steve Xia and Nicky Young

Mixed by Steve Xia

Mastered by Julián Picado

Album Artwork  by Laura Neves Penido

Form of Motion Music Video

Director : Alexandra Galvis

DP : Andy Jean Louis

Editors : Gabriel Najera Gonzalez

   Alexandra Galvis

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