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Jay Patten

Blue Jay Patten: Street Scene

by Nicholas F. Mondello
October 23, 2018

With Street Scene, multitalented musician/composer/producer Blue Jay Patten engages in a highly entertaining tribute to (and stroll through) Nashville, “Music City." Patten--long a fixture in the 'ville--and his various crews deliver an eclectic, upbeat, and all-around fun tour. As is the city it salutes, Street Scene is a veritable gumbo of genres--contemporary, jazz, country, gospel, pop ...

Crystal Nights

By Jay Patten

Label: Flamingo
Released: 2011
Track listing: Ready for the Time to Get Better; Bussin' to Memphis; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Freedom Song; Finally; Crystal Nights; And Sinatra Sang Our Song; True & Tried; Little Friend; I Don't Have the Heart to Say Goodbye; Can't Help Falling in Love; One More Goodbye; Memories Are Made of This.

Jay Patten: Crystal Nights

by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 15, 2011

There's an anecdote that surfaces every now and then about the legendary Buddy Rich. The ever hip and irascible drummer/bandleader was once asked, during a hospital stay, if he had any medical allergies. “Country music," he wisecracked. Well, Rich, ever the master showman, might reconsider upon hearing this most enjoyable, highly eclectic release from the incredibly ...

Impressions Of Christmas

By Jay Patten

Label: Sunnyside
Released: 2003

All in Blue Time

By Jay Patten

Label: Flamingo
Released: 2003
Track listing: Gang of Angels; Our Day Will Come; Saxophone; Melancholy Serenade; It?s Funny to Everyone But Me; Until the Real Thing Comes Along; Blue; I Could Have Danced All Night; Flight from South Jersey; Dance in Your Dreams; Far Away Places; Somewhere in the Night (Theme from Naked City ); Those Were the Days; All in Blue Time; I Wish I Were in Love Again; Forget About It (54:05).

Jay Patten and the Swing Noir Orchestra: All in Blue Time

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2003

For comparison's sake, think of Sinatra with Billy May or Nelson Riddle. Saxophonist/vocalist/guitarist Jay Patten has put together an impressive ensemble of Nashville-area musicians and engaged the services of a top-flight arranger in longtime friend Jeff Steinberg to brighten All in Blue Time, Patten's fifth album under his own name and first with a big band. ...