Sierra Tracks Vega Trails

• 1 Largo 05:23
• 2 Els 06:37
• 3 Murmurations 05:11
• 4 Dream House 03:15
• 5 Clarifantasia 05:46
• 6 Reverie 02:01
• 7 Murmur 05:19
• 8 Old Friend; The Sea 04:37
• 9 When This Is Over 04:17
• 10 Sleepwalk Tokyo 02:58
• Total Runtime 45:24

Info for Sierra Tracks

Inspired by the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north-west of Madrid, his home since August 2022, Milo Fitzpatrick presents Sierra Tracks the new album from his expansive, cinematic, chamber-jazz project Vega Trails.

Having cut 2022’s beautifully resonant debut album ‘Tremors in the Static’ as a duo, alongside saxophonist Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands and Sunda Arc), Milo now substantially expands upon that blueprint with his follow-up, ‘Sierra Tracks’, which, as the title suggests, was conceived at his new home in central Spain and adds piano, vibraphone and strings to the mix.

From the epic five-minute opener, ‘Largo’, onwards, there’s a cinematic feel to ‘Sierra Tracks’, as each piece unfolds according to its own sweeping narrative, often wonderfully evocative of the mountains’ wide-open spaces, and also sometimes elaborately arranged with cello, orchestral strings, vibraphone and piano, to evoke their awe-inspiring natural splendour. ‘Reverie’ has a refrain that fades in and out, like a daydream”. ‘Els’ is more firmly rooted in folk melody, while ‘Dream House’ and ‘Sleepwalk Tokyo’ boost a sense of otherworldliness.

Milo Fitzpatrick, double bass, cello, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion
Jordan Smart, tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Taz Modi, piano
Harriet Riley, vibraphone
Dan See, drums
Karolina Gutowska, violin I
Marta Piórkowska, violin II
Jan Pietkiewicz, violin III
Olivia Bujanowicz, violin IV
Paweł Czarny, violin I
Tomasz Rosiński, viola II
Dobrawa Czocher, cello I
Marianna Sikorska, cello II
Mateusz Błaszczak, cello III
Maciej Dobrzański, double bass

Vega Trails
is the expansive, cinematic, chamber-jazz project from double-bassist and composer Milo Fitzpatrick, a founder member of Portico Quartet and features saxophonist Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands, Sunda Arc).

Having cut 2022’s beautifully resonant debut album ‘Tremors in the Static’ as a duo, Milo now substantially expands upon that blueprint with his follow-up, ‘Sierra Tracks’, which, as the title suggests, was conceived at his new home in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north-west of Madrid.

From the epic five-minute opener, ‘Largo’, onwards, there’s a cinematic feel to ‘Sierra Tracks’, as each piece unfolds according to its own sweeping narrative, often wonderfully evocative of the mountains’ wide-open spaces, and also sometimes elaborately arranged with cello, orchestral strings, vibraphone and piano, to evoke their awe-inspiring natural splendour. ‘Reverie’ has a refrain that fades in and out, like a daydream”. ‘Els’ is more firmly rooted in folk melody, while ‘Dream House’ and ‘Sleepwalk Tokyo’ boost a sense of otherworldliness.

Booklet for Sierra Tracks