PATRICK WOLFF IS A SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET PLAYER WITH A LONG HISTORY IN THE JAZZ SCENES OF NEW YORK CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO. WITH SIX ALBUMS RELEASED UNDER HIS NAME, WOLFF HAS MADE HIS MARK AS A BANDLEADER WITH VARIOUS GROUPS PLAYING HIS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, AND WITH CLASSIC JAZZ QUARTETS AND QUINTETS FOCUSED ON REPERTOIRE OF THE BEBOP AND HARD BOP ERAS. HIS PLAYING IS CHARACTERIZED BY A FOCUS ON LYRICISM AND AN EMBRACE OF THE WHOLE LINEAGE OF JAZZ STYLES.