Shapeshifter
Shapeshifter
out: September 4th, 2026 on LitSoc Records (CD/DL)
genres: contemporary jazz
BRITTANY PITT— www.instagram.com/brittpittmusic
LIT SOC RECORDS — litsocrecords.bandcamp.com | litsocrecords.com
The debut recording from Toronto composer and saxophonist Brittany Pitt and her trio Shapeshifter was launched Lit Soc Records, the in-house imprint of the beloved bookstore/ music venue Sellers and Newel, September 4th, 2026).
Pitt is among a younger generation of jazz players in Toronto that weave a number several influences together spanning the mainstream to the abstract. She has been heard alongside such artists as Laura Swankey, Ashley Urquhart, Harry Vetro, Simone Baron, Tania Gill, Aline Homzy, Karen Ng, Ethan Ardelli, Devin Patten, Robert Diack, Alex Fournier and Alex Lakusta and also leads another group, Reverie in addition to this project.
Shapeshifter’s self-titled album was captured live off the floor at Sellers and Newel itself, which lends a casual, unfettered quality to its improvisatory invention but also imbues the album with a certain intimacy. The group, which also features Dan Pitt on guitar and drummer Aidan McConnell (known for his work in celebrated indie groups Burs and Potions), embraces syncopated vigour as much as it does elusive atmospherics, showcasing the range of everyone involved. This body of work and the project itself material owes much to Pitt’s recent time at the School for Improvisational Music in New York where she worked and studied under Ralph Alessi, Matt Mitchell, John Hebert, Tom Rainey and Tim Berne. Each of these artists helped her to sculpt her personal vision of fronting a group while also soliciting considerable sponatneous input from her collaborators.
Shapeshifter is an assured and curious-minded album that establishes Brittany Pitt as an exemplar of the emerging Toronto jazz community of which she is a member.
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