Opus de Don

Opus de Don
Opus de Don
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

Last updated October 16, 2025

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Patterson except as indicated

Side 1

"Little Shannon" (Billy James) - 6:53
"Opus de Don" - 6:35
"Dem New York Dues" - 7:22

Side 2

"Sir John" (Blue Mitchell) - 9:18
"Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) - 9:42

Personnel

References

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

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[1] Prestige Records discography accessed April 2, 2013

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed April 2, 2013

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v t e Don Patterson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Goin' Down Home (1963) The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (with Booker Ervin, 1964) Hip Cake Walk (with Booker Ervin, 1964) Patterson's People (with Sonny Stitt and Bookler Ervin, 1964) Holiday Soul (1964) Tune Up! (1964–69) Satisfaction! (1965) The Boss Men (with Sonny Stitt and Billy Jones, 1965) Soul Happening! (1966) Mellow Soul (1967) Four Dimensions (1967) Boppin' & Burnin' (1968) Opus De Don (1968) Funk You! (1968) Oh Happy Day (1969) Brothers-4 (with Sonny Stitt, 1969) Donny Brook (with Sonny Stitt, 1969) The Return of Don Patterson /The Genius of the B-3 (1972) These Are Soulful Days (1973) Movin' Up! (1977) Why Not... (1978)
With Sonny Stitt	Boss Tenors in Orbit! (and Gene Ammons, 1962) Feelin's (1962) Low Flame (1962) Shangri-La (1964) Soul People (and Booker Ervin, 1964–69) Night Crawler (1965) Parallel-a-Stitt (1967) Soul Electricity! (1968) Black Vibrations (1969)
With others	I Only Have Eyes for You (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962) Trackin' (1962) Introducing Eric Kloss (1965) Love and All That Jazz (Eric Kloss, 1966)

v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell /Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)