Laura and Pat at the
Scarborough jazz festival

Widely regarded as one of the country's leading
jazz guitar players, Pat has been a popular
choice as guest or sideman with many bands,
including The John Warren Project (featuring
Kenny Wheeler and Andy Sheppard), Pete King,
The Jamil Sheriff Octet, Alan Barnes, Jami
Cullum, Jim Mullen, Art Van Damme, Dave Newton,
Dave Green, Tina May and Nikki Iles to name
but a few.

Early inspiration came from listening to the
recordings of Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel
and Django Reinhardt and he remains a
champion of the pure, classic jazz guitar sound.
He is a composer and arranger, with
commissioned works and music for film and
television to his credit. Pat is also active in jazz
education.

The quartet has been at the core of Pat's
activities since 1994. The original line up of
Warren Jolly (bass), John Perry (drums) and
Ben Martin (saxes), recorded two CDs - the first
HETTY'S DANCE recorded in 1997 featured
Dave Newton on piano, and the second, ART'S
BLUES (with a guest appearance by the
fabulous Phil Ware on piano), was recorded in
2000. A track from that album "Things Aint What
They Used To Be", was played on Humphrey
Lyttelton's "Best Of Jazz" recently. This was Pats
second appearance on the show, the first being
a track from a CD which Pat made with bass
player Tom Mark called IT'S BEHIND YOU .
Humph introduced the track by saying "Which
world class, internationally renowned guitar
player is this ? "