Welcome to the Sounds room. For audio samples of my sextet CD, The Prowl, click on the "CD" button above.

 Here's the rundown on what's inside:

Black Nile: This is my chart on Wayne Shorter's great tune.  It features the Note's trombone section with solos by (in order) Jeff Martin, Joe Jackson, and yours truly.

Hark the Herald: From the Airmen of Note's CD, A Holiday Note From Home.  This chart of mine features monster solos by trumpeter Rich Sigler and trombonist Jeff Martin.

(Better) Go Tell It On the Mountain: Also from A Holiday Note, this great arrangement by the Note's own Alan Baylock gives me a chance to play, after some fancy bass clarinet work by Doug Morgan.

ESP: From the Note's latest project, Out In Front.  All the great charts on this cd are by Alan Baylock and each features a single soloist.

Take 5:  Of all things...a salsa version of Take 5 in 4 with vocals.  Hmmm.  This recording of Joe Jackson's cool arrangement was made of the Note at the Hartford Jazz Festival.

It Don't Mean A Thing: Just a snippet...one of my live solos with the Note.

 

Black Nile (Shorter/arr. Patterson)  
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (arr. Patterson, tbn. solo: Jeff Martin)  
(Better) Go Tell It On the Mountain (arr. Baylock, tbn. solo: Patterson)  
ESP (Shorter/arr. Baylock)  
It Don't Mean a Thing... (Ellington/Mills)  
Take 5 (Brubeck/arr. Joe Jackson, tbn. solo: Patterson)