About Patrick Zimmerli

Originally from New York, Zimmerli lives and works between his hometown and Paris. He has collaborated with many international musicians, including Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Luciana Souza, Ethan Iverson, The Knights Orchestra, and the Escher String Quartet. Zimmerli was awarded the 2024 Copland Fund grant to support his next album release Messages (EMP tbr 2025). His most recent recordings include Sun on Sand (2019, Nonesuch Records) featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman and Brooklyn Rider. Clockworks (2016, Songlines), featuring the all-star Quartet of Ethan Iverson, Christopher Tordini, and John Hollenbeck, was hailed by Downbeat as an Editor’s Pick: “Clockworks is a major achievement...a very structured and optimistic work.”

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Major Scale Exercises for Learning Polyrhythms

This begins as a simple exercise in practicing 2-octave major scales in all 12 keys, ascending and descending, at increasing speeds. General Idea Start from low Bb, and play each scale in 2 octaves up and down, repeating the bottom note before moving up a half step to the next scale. Instead of speeding up [read more…]