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Patrick Norman Yandall (born September 5, 1959, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States) [1] is an American smooth jazz guitarist.
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Patrick Norman Yandall (born September 5, 1959, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States) [1] is an American smooth jazz guitarist.
He was raised in Bay City, Michigan, and is a 1977 graduate of T.L. Handy High School in Bay City. He attended Central Michigan University. His song "Mr. Fattburger" appeared in the film Fruitvale Station . His song "Who's the Bossa" from his album Samoa Soul appeared in the film War, Inc. . Yandall's music has appeared on television and news broadcasts. The single "Tower of Soul" from his album The Window spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Smooth Jazz Now chart and reached No. 1 on the Live 365 smooth jazz radio chart monitored by Radio Wave. [2]
His album From the Ashes (Apria, 2004) featured Randy Brecker, Will Lee, and Joel Rosenblatt. He has been featured in Jazziz, Smooth & Soul, and Smooth Jazz News. His album Eyes of Mars (2005) was No. 6 for the year on JazzLynx and was featured in Jazz Times magazine as one of the top albums of the season. Yandall is a session musician in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, and New Jersey. His work has appeared on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s segments.
Performing live, Yandall has been able to achieve the status of being a festival favorite throughout the United States. [3]
Yandall's album Rouge River was one of the seven albums nominated in the "Best Jazz Album" category at the 2021 San Diego Music Awards. [4]
Yandall was one the artists with multiple nominations at the 2022 San Diego Music Awards. [5] His album Chasing the Lights was one of the seven listed in the "Album of the Year" category. [6] It was also nominated in the Best Jazz or Blues Album category. [7]
After the release of Yandall's album, Blues Alley, he was set to tour starting on December 18 to promote it. [8]
| Title | Year | Label |
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| That Feels Nice! | 1992/1994 | Indie/EPD |
| A Lasting Embrace | 1997 | Brainchild |
| Of Two Cities | 2000 | Zangi |
| Back to the Groove | 2001 | Zangi |
| From the Ashes | 2003 | Apria Records |
| Eyes of Mars | 2005 | Apria |
| Samoa Soul | 2006 | Zangi |
| New York Blues | 2007 | Zangi |
| Laws of Groovity | 2008 | Zangi |
| A New Day | 2009 | Zangi |
| Going For One | 2009 | Zangi |
| Christmas San Diego Style | 2010 | Zangi |
| The Window | 2011 | Innervision Records |
| One Hour Blues | 2011 | Zangi Records |
| Acoustic Dreamscape | 2012 | Zangi Records |
| Soul Grind | 2013 | Innervision Records |
| Blonde Telepathy | 2014 | Zangi Records |
| My Christmas Prayer | 2014 | Zangi Records |
| Ethos | 2016 | Zangi Records |
| A Journey Home | 2017 | Zangi Records |
| 10 South Riverside | 2018 | Zangi Records |
| When Its Hip | 2019 | Zangi Records |
| Jazz On the Vine | 2020 | Zangi Records |
| Rouge River | 2020 | Zangi Records |
| Someday Somewhere [9] [10] | 2021 Feb 2 | Patrick Yandall |
| Nylon Expressions [11] [12] | 2021 Apr 17 | Patrick Yandall |
| Chasing the Light [13] [14] | 2021 Aug 3 | Patrick Yandall |
| Stratophunk | 2022 July 1 | Zangi Records |
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