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Pat Patrick was born Laurdine Kenneth Patrick Jr. on November 23, 1929 in East Moline, Illinois, to Laverne and Laurdine Kenneth Patrick. He first learned piano, drums, and trumpet as a child, and then switched to saxophones. He attended and studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago, Illinois where he met fellow students and future musicians bassist Richard Davis and saxophonists John Gilmore and Clifford Jordan. While still in school he was baritone saxophonist for the Regal Theater’s house band.
1949 saw Pat enrolled at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, but soon returned to Chicago to study at Wilson Junior College. Around 1950 he first played in one of Sun Ra’s bands as part of a trio and occasionally in Sun Ra’s Arkestra. By 1954 he became a regular member of the band. He moved to New York City in 1961, spent several years in the Arkestra’s communal residences in the East Village and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He went on to play and record with John Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Mongo Santamaría, Thelonious Monk, and Babatunde Olatunji. In 1972, Patrick co-founded the Baritone Saxophone Retinue, which featured Charles Davis and recorded two albums for Saturn Records.
He toured Europe with Sun Ra in 1970 and 1976, and was part of some other Arkestra performances in that decade, but he also devoted time to teaching at the State University of New York at Old Westbury.>
Baritone and alto saxophonist, bassist, flutist, percussionist and composer Pat Patrick, who is known for his 40-year association with Sun Ra, died from leukemia in Moline on December 31, 1991.
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DANIEL DIAZ 11.22.25
Daniel Díaz Fernández was born on November 22, 1963 in Lanús, Argentina. Living in Paris, France since 1997, he has collaborated with Juan Carlos Cáceres, on the single Tango Negro, and on the album Toca Tango. In 1993 he recorded his first album The Years Alone released by Green Linnet/Xenophile Records. The variety of styles in this album was mentioned by critics. He played most of the parts fretted and fretless basses, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, and more.
He continued this solo career with Segundo Ciclo, recorded in 1997, released by Dutch jazz label Timeless Records in 2002, and Swan Song, released in 2015, always with guest players from around the world. Both albums featured the cosmopolitan jazz-fusion style of the first one.
Since 2005 Diaz has been composing and recording for films, TV and documentaries. He works for French publisher and music library Cezame Music Agency for whom he composed and recorded more than 250 tracks and released 5 albums alone or in collaboration.
Since 2010 his music has been used on many TV documentaries and films. In 2022 his track “Club Recoleta” from the album Elec’ Tango was used on Tom McCarthy’s feature film Stillwater
Bassist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer, Raúl Diaz whose last collaboration in 2023 with Raúl Barboza was on the album Souvenirs Panamericanos, continues to perform and compose.
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Rolando Matias was born on November 20, 1957 in Cupey Alto, San Juan, Puerto Rico. A self-taught musician, he applies his formal training as an architect into his musical education. He started playing percussion at a young age at the local Bembes, a neighborhood gathering where rumberos jam and improvise together.
Rolando has performed or recorded with Chuchito Valdez, Benny Maupin, Leon ..Ndugu.. Chadler, Azar Lawrence, Othello Molineaux, Mimi Fox, Bobby Matos, Bobby Sanabria, Bill Summers, Lenny Castro, Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater, Kenny Neal, Duke Robillard, Cleveland Roberto Ocasio, David Sanchez, and the list goes on and on.
His projects vary from Rolando Matias & The Afro-Rican Ensemble, Afro-Latin-BeBop, Latin-Soulsa & Jazz RM:Intrin-x-ico, Afro-Jazz Rolando Matias & Cuba-son Salsa na ma!, and Afro-Latin-Hip/Hop.
Percussionist Rolando Matias, who plays congas, bongos, cowbells, bata drums, hand percussion, claves, guiros, and maracas, etc, continues to perform and explore music from the African Diaspora.
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Bill Allred was born in Rock Island, Illinois on November 19, 1936 into a family where his father played the Streckfus Steamboat lines on the Mississippi.
He formed a Dixieland band while still in high school. In 1954 he enlisted in the Navy, playing with Navy bands throughout his tour and was excited to be part of a big band for the first time. Returning home he married, pursued a regular career and continued to gig.
His big break came in 1970 when, out of 2500 auditioning musicians, he was chosen to be part of the Disney World Band on the park’s opening day in 1970. While at Disney he formed a trad band called The Reedy Creek Jazz Band. The band was noticed by Bob Snow, who recruited him to put together a show and band for the Rosie O’Grady’s Goodtime Jazz Emporium, that ran for 25 years.
In 1979, Bill formed the Continental Jazz Band for a Roaring Twenties club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “Auntie Mame’s” later won the Carbonell Award for Best Cabaret Show in South Florida.
Trombonist and bandleader Bill Allred, who was a vital component of the classic jazz scene in South Florida, died on February 1, 2024 at the age of 87.
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On The Bookshelf
Jazz: America’s Classical Music | Grover Sales
Jazz critic Grover Sales takes the reader on a journey of introduction to the history, complexity and criticism of the music in Jazz: America’s Classical Music. This book illustrated with photographs, is considered a classic text and an ideal guide for both beginners and those familiar with the genre.
In an engaging and conversational style, the renowned jazz teacher tells of the lives and music of the greats like Ellington, Tatum, Hawkins, Coltrane, Parker, Hines, Goodman, Armstrong, and many others. He does this with a mix of important facts, fascinating anecdotes, and brilliant interpretations.
The author was a prominent figure in the jazz world, he taught at Stanford University and worked as the publicity director for the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Jazz: 1984 | Grover Sales
Prentiss-Hall Press
