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.
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