Laurdine "Pat" Patrick

Laurdine K. "Pat" Patrick (November 23, 1929 - December 31, 1991) was a baritone saxophone, alto saxophone and Fender bass player best-known for his over forty years' association with Sun Ra.

Patrick was born in East Moline, Illinois to Laverne and Laurdine Patrick. [ [http://www.wargs.com/political/patrick.html Ancestry of Deval Patrick ] ] As well as his long-term membership of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Patrick also played with John Coltrane (appearing on Africa/Brass in 1961), Mongo Santamaría (appearing on the hits Watermelon Man and Yeh Yeh), and in Thelonious Monk's quartet in the early 1970s. Pat Patrick also spent time in Duke Ellington's Orchestra and extensively backed Babatunde Olatunji. Patrick lived in Sun Ra's communal residences, first in New York City's East Village, then in Philadelphia. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/25/patrick_shaped_by_fathers_absence/?page=full "Patrick shaped by father's absence"] by Sally Jacobs, "Boston Globe" and "boston.com", March 252007]

Children

His children are Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Rhonda Sigh by his former wife Emily, and at least one child outside of his marriage. In 1959, an unknown woman called for Patrick, and his wife asked for a message. "The message was this: 'Tell him our baby needs shoes.'" News of this precipitated his marriage breakup that year. He refused to sign Deval's application to Milton Academy, arguing that Deval would lose his African-American identity. Deval, whose tuition was paid by scholarship, was accepted anyway.

Recordings with musicians besides Sun Ra's Arkestra

*John Coltrane
*Andrew Hill
*Quincy Jones
*Rahsaan Roland Kirk
*Mongo Santamaria

External links

[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/25/patrick_shaped_by_fathers_absence/?page=full Audio links to musical performances of Patrick]

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