Laurdine Kenneth "Pat" Patrick Jr. (November 23, 1929 – December 31, 1991) was an American jazz musician and composer. He played baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, and Fender bass and was known for his 40-year association with Sun Ra. His father (1905–2001), a native of Kansas, worked as an iron moulder at a factory at the time of his son's birth.
Patrick first learned piano, drums, and trumpet as a child, and then switched to saxophones. He attended and studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago, where he met future bassist Richard Davis and future saxophonists John Gilmore and Clifford Jordan. In 1959, a woman called for Patrick and his wife asked for a message. This precipitated the breakup of his marriage that year. He refused to sign Deval's application to Milton Academy, arguing that Deval would lose his African American identity there. Deval, whose tuition was paid by scholarship, was accepted anyway.
Patrick resided for several years in the Arkestra's communal residences in New York City's East Village and Philadelphia. He also extensively backed Babatunde Olatunji. The group recorded two albums for Saturn Records.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
- Sound Advice (Saturn, 1977)