Patterson's People

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Patterson's People
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Studio album by Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt and Booker Ervin
Released 1965
Recorded March 19, May 12 and July 10, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length39:50
Label Prestige
PR 7381
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Don Patterson chronology
Hip Cake Walk
(1964) Hip Cake Walk1964
Patterson's People
(1964)
Holiday Soul
(1964) Holiday Soul1964

Patterson's People is an album by organist Don Patterson recorded in 1964 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

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Allmusic writer Eugene Chadbourne awarded the album 4 stars stating "It's classic stuff". [2]

Eugene Chadbourne American musician

Eugene Chadbourne is an American jazz guitarist and music critic.

Track listing

All compositions by Don Patterson except as noted

  1. "Love Me with All Your Heart" (Rafael Gaston Perez) - 6:20
  2. "42639" (Sonny Stitt) - 5:20
  3. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare) - 5:40
  4. "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Bud Green) - 10:55
  5. "Theme For Dee" - 6:30

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.

Sonny Stitt American jazz saxophonist

Edward Hammond Boatner Jr., known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording more than 100 albums. He was nicknamed the "Lone Wolf" by jazz critic Dan Morgenstern because of his relentless touring and devotion to jazz. Stitt was sometimes viewed as a Charlie Parker mimic, especially earlier in his career, but gradually came to develop his own sound and style, particularly when performing on tenor sax.

Alto saxophone type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 22, 2013
  2. 1 2 Chadbourne, E. Allmusic Review, accessed March 22, 2013