Pat Thomas

A regular presence at Jazz em Agosto in recent years, having performed with the collectives Ahmed, The Locals and X-Ray Hex Tet, British pianist Pat Thomas presents himself this time in a solo piano concert based on the album Hikmah (2025). Hikmah, an Arabic word meaning "wisdom or knowledge", is the thematic umbrella for an album that, writes Marc Corrotto in All About Jazz, "reaffirms Pat Thomas as a singular voice in improvised music". "Thomas invites the listener to concentrate deeply, but also to let go without restraint, as if divided between prayer and dream. His left hand often serves as an anchor, while his right hand plunges into the unknown." As if the spiritual and earthly worlds inhabited, simultaneously, the keys of his piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBoqSxdLzXI The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir by Pat Thomas