Author : Bill Banfield
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442229748
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Book Synopsis Pat Patrick by : Bill Banfield
Download or read book Pat Patrick written by Bill Banfield and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saxophonist, multi-wind player, arranger, composer, music director, theater works producer, educator, and visionary, Pat Patrick performed with Duke Ellington’s and Quincy Jones’ orchestras, Thelonious Monk, Mongo Santamaria, Nat King Cole, James Moody, Eric Dolphy, Marvin Gaye, Patti Labelle, and Billy Taylor. Most of his career, however, was spent laying down the baseline grooves on the baritone saxophone with the indefinable Sun Ra Archestra for over 35 years. Based on research in the recently opened archive of personal papers, artifacts, scrapbooks, music, news clippings and photographs, Pat Patrick: American Musician and Cultural Visionary, explores the life and influence of this important musical man-behind-the-scenes. Musicologist Bill Banfield weaves a treasure trove of primary source material—including interviews with Patrick's family, friends, and associates—into a tapestry of Patrick’s remarkable life as the musical right hand of some of America’s greatest Black musical artists.