Don Patterson

[Jim Alfredson]

The upload limit per post is 2mb. So you should be able to do it.

[mikeweil]

Sorry . I tried again, but I keep getting that error message "Upload Skipped (Error406)" ... 

[Mark Stryker]

Having never heard the Don Patterson version of "People," I can't comment on the performance specifically. However, I can say for certain that there is no Stephen Sondheim song called "People." Sondheim did write lyrics to a song called "Some People" for the show "Gypsy" (1959) with music by Jule Styne, who also wrote the "People (Who Need People)" under discussion, with lyrics by Bob Merrill from the show "Funny Girl" (1964). Perhaps this is the source of the confusion. Surely the Patterson recording is the latter, right? The discography says it was recorded in May 1964, which is about six weeks after "Funny Girl" opened on Broadway.

In a ridiculously arcane footnote, I can report that Sondheim also wrote a very early song (music and lyrics) called "The People Will Hear" when he was about 18 that appeared in a show called "All That Glitters" produced at Williams College in 1949 when he was a student there. Other Sondeim songs with the word "people" in the title include: "Silly People," which was cut from "A Little Night Music" (1973); "So Many People" from the show "Saturday Night," which was originally to be produced on Broadway in 1955 but abandoned when the producer died and finally staged for the first time in 1997 in London; and "Another Hundred People," an anthem from "Company" (1970)

But I digress ...

Edited December 25, 2009 by Mark Stryker

[Late]

No posts since 2009? Don says:

And then plays Airegin.

 

[Jim Alfredson]

I've been studying a lot of Don lately. His feel is so amazing.

 

[mikeweil]

On 24.12.2009 at 0:07 PM, Mark Stryker said:

Having never heard the Don Patterson version of "People," I can't comment on the performance specifically. However, I can say for certain that there is no Stephen Sondheim song called "People."

The song "People" Patterson recorded is he tune by Jule Styne & Bob Merrill.

[mikeweil]

My Don Patterson discography is online on www.jazzdiscography.com!

https://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/don-patterson/index.php

 

[HutchFan]

CONGRATS, Mike!!!   Thank you for developing this fantastic resource. 

If Don Patterson were here to see this, I'm certain he would be pleased!  You've done him right!  

 

[Eric]

Wow - fascinating.  I had no idea how frequently he recorded with Sonny Stitt.  The Legends of Acid Jazz series, while glad we have it, makes sorting through this a bit challenging.  Thanks for the clarity!!

[mikeweil]

Thanks for the kind words. I just wanted to give Don some back for the many hours of pleasure he gave me with his music.

[Late]

A fine album. I love Sonny Stitt's solo on the title track. And dig that typeface!

[Late]

2026: More opuses. More DeDon. Maybe more turtlenecks.

[GA Russell]

On 9/29/2020 at 6:05 PM, mikeweil said:

My Don Patterson discography is online on www.jazzdiscography.com!

https://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/don-patterson/index.php

 

This is great, Mike!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 9/29/2020 at 6:05 PM, mikeweil said:

My Don Patterson discography is online on www.jazzdiscography.com!

https://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/don-patterson/index.php

Great job with this Mike. If i had one recommendation, I would somehow make the album titles more prominent. Maybe put "Released as:" in front of it or make the title font bold?

I'm surprised at how much of his output I have. I'm not a huge fan of organ trios without a horn, so I don't have a few of those but I have almost all of the others. My biggest hole is that Eric Kloss two-fer, "About Time".