About the Artist
Patrick Cress’Telepathy (PCT) has expanded the boundaries of traditional jazz to help create new excitement in America’s original art form. The group’s energy and personality, represent the spirit of 60’s jazz while capturing the attention of a diverse and dynamic audience. PCT’s root in tradition and cerebral elements attract jazz and classical aficionados alike, while it’s rock influences attract a much younger demographic. Together, the collective audience repeatedly engages in Telepathy’s music and witnesses the fabric of a strong San Francisco jazz scene.
Founded in March 2002, Patrick Cress, saxophones, conceived Telepathy out of his many influences, including Ornette Coleman and Tim Berne, who pay homage to the traditions of jazz while pushing musical boundaries. Graduating with a bachelor’s in music at the University of Michigan, Cress was schooled by Donald Walden’s strict jazz theory and Donald Sinta’s brilliant classical mind. Out of this and an eighteen-year passion for music, Cress manifested these influences into a specific original concept.
Since its' inception, Patrick Cress' Telepathy has performed both nationally and internationally. The group has played for diverse audiences from San Francisco’s Bruno’s and ODC Theater, Berkeley’s Jazz House, to L.A.’s the Mint, Santa Monica’s Temple Bar to Portland’s Mt. Tabor Theater and Vancouver’s Sugar Refinery. The band plans another series of tours to Southern California and the Pacific Northwest to kick off the new year and promote their second album, "Liberate the radio stations."
