Don Patterson (organist)

Don Patterson ( born July 22, 1936 in Columbus / Ohio, † February 10, 1988 in Philadelphia / Pennsylvania) was an American jazz organist.

Patterson received as a child piano lessons and joined with twenty years to the organ. He worked with several bands before he became known as an organist Sonny Stitt. Since 1964, he could also record their own albums, often in a trio with guitarist Pat Martino and drummer Billy James. After he had played in the 1960s, numerous albums for the Prestige label, only a few shots were due to drug problems in the 1970s.

Discography

  • Tune Up with George Coleman, Booker Ervin, Grant Green, Billy James, Virgil Jones, Houston Person, Sonny Stitt, 1964, 1969
  • Gion ' Down Home with Billy James, Paul Weeden, 1963
  • Patterson 's People with Booker Ervin, Billy James, Sonny Stitt, 1964
  • Hip Cake Walk with Booker Ervin, Leonard Houston, Billy James, 1964
  • The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson with Booker Ervin, Leonard Houston, Billy James, 1964
  • Holiday Soul with Billy James, Pat Martino, 1964
  • Satisfaction with Jerry Byrd, Billy James, 1964
  • The Boss Men with Billy James, Sonny Stitt, 1965
  • Soul Happening with Vincent Corrao, Billy James, 1966
  • Mellow Soul with Billy James, David " Fathead " Newman, 1967
  • Four Dimensions with Billy James, Pat Martino, Houston Person, 1967
  • Boppin 'and Burnin' with Billy James, Pat Martino, Howard McGhee, Charles McPherson, 1968
  • The New York Dues with George Coleman, Junior Cook, Billy James, Frankie Jones, Virgil Jones, Pat Martino, Blue Mitchell, Houston Person, 1968-69
  • Opus De Don with Junior Cook, Billy James, Billy Mitchell, Blue Mitchell, 1968
  • Funk You with Billy James, Pat Martino, Charles McPherson, Sonny Stitt, 1968
  • Oh, Happy Day! Frankie Jones, Virgil Jones, Pat Martino, Houston Person, 1969
  • Brothers -4 with Grant Green, Billy James, Sonny Stitt, 1969
  • Donny Brook with Grant Green, Billy James, Sonny Stitt, 1969
  • The Genius of th B -3 with Eddie Daniels, Ted Dunbar, Freddie Waits, 1972
  • The Return Of ... with Eddie Daniels, Ted Dunbar, Freddie Waits, 1972
  • These Are Soulful Days with Albert " Tootie " Heath, Jimmy Heath, Pat Martino, 1973
  • Movin 'Up with Richie Cole, Billy James, Vic Juris, 1976
  • Why Not with Robert " Bootsie " Barnes, Virgil Jones, Eddie McFadden, Idris Muhammad, 1978
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