Pat Flowers

Pat Flowers ( born October 16, 1917 in Detroit as Ivelee Patrick Flowers, † October 6, 2000 ) was an American jazz pianist and singer.

Life and work

Pat Flowers began his career as a professional pianist at age 18, when he appeared in Detroit in Club Uncle Tom 's Cabin. He then moved in 1939 to New York City, where he performed at private parties and in hotels. He then worked in Philadelphia and again in New York from 1941 to 1948 with performances at the Swing Club, the Famous Door and different music bars in Greenwich Village; after its discovery by John Hammond in 1941 made ​​his first recordings.

Since it had occurred at the beginning of his career with Fats Waller in Greenwich Village Inn, tried by Waller's death, his manager Ed Kirkeby Pat Flowers establish as a possible successor Waller and booked him for both long exposures in the Ruban Bleu, the Cafe Society as well as for radio performances and recordings. In 1945, he starred in three films, Scotch Boogie, Dixie Rhythm and Coalmine Boogie. After his return to his hometown of Detroit Flowers had an engagement at Baker 's Keyboard Lounge, where he played intermittently until the mid-1950s. 1946/47, he took under his own name with Herman Autrey, Gene Sedric on Jimmy and Shirley.

In Detroit Flowers was a known quantity, especially in the local jazz scene. From 1974 to 1983 he starred in Farmington ( Michigan) in the Danish Inn. In the 70s, still made ​​recordings with Slam Stewart; In 1975 he went with a Fats Waller Memorial show on tour in Europe. In his later years he worked in the Grosse Pointe Country Club in Detroit.

Disco Graphical Notes

• I Is not Got Nobody ( Black & Blue Records, 1972)