Opus De Don

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Opus De Don
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Studio album by Don Patterson
Released 1968
Recorded June 5, 1968
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7577
Producer Don Schlitten
Don Patterson chronology
Boppin' & Burnin'
(1968)		Opus De Don
(1968)		 Funk You!
(1968)

Opus De Don is an album by organist Don Patterson recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Don Patterson was an American jazz organist.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Patterson except as indicated

  1. "Little Shannon" (Billy James) - 6:53
  2. "Opus De Don" - 6:35
  3. "Dem New York Dues" - 7:22
  4. "Sir John" (Blue Mitchell) - 9:18
  5. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) - 9:42

Personnel

Hammond organ electric organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Various models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to specify a variety of sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier so it can drive a speaker cabinet. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ is commonly used with, and associated with, the Leslie speaker.

Blue Mitchell American musician

Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk trumpeter, and composer, who recorded many albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and Mainstream Records.

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 2, 2013
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed April 2, 2013
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