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He was a saxophonist born
Laurdine Patrick. He was a
member of the Sun Ra Arkestra from 1956 for over forty years where he
played several reed instruments, saxophones and electric bass. He was a performer on the John
Coltrane Africa/Brass sessions as well as appearing with other artists
including Thelonius Monk's Quartet, Duke Ellington and Mongo
Santamaria on his hit "Watermelon Man" which was written by
Herbie Mann. He was a co-writer
with Rodgers Grant of the extremely successful hit "Yeh Yeh" that was first performed by Mongo Santamaria
before having lyrics added by Jon Hendricks and being brought to fame and
hitting chart success for Georgie Fame and the Blue Notes. He left his wife and children in
Chicago
in order to work in
New York
,
and his son, Deval, has become the first ever African-American elected
governor of
Massachusetts
and
the second in
United States
history and will take office in January 2007.
Matt Bianco
Recordings
Yeh Yeh (Rodgers Grant/Pat Patrick/Jon Hendricks)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Patrick
- www.devradowrite.com/?cat=12
- www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/staff/martinelli/CosmicMyth.htm
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