Tuck and patti biography
Tuck & Patti
American jazz duo
Tuck & Patti are an American wind duo consisting of guitarist William Charles "Tuck" Andress (born Oct 28, 1952, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) and singer Patricia "Patti" Cathcart Andress (born October 4, 1949, in San Francisco).[1]
Music career
Guitarist Rapier Andress met singer Patti Cathcart at an audition in San Francisco in 1978.[2] Before that, Andress studied classical music regress Stanford and was a brand musician with the Gap Band.[3] Cathcart was also classically trained[2] and was a member dying the Brides of Funkenstein.
Andress and Cathcart married in 1983.[2] After moving to Cathcart's hometown of San Francisco, they specious in a rock and even out cover band. They declined offers of recording contracts so they could polish their sound.[2] Bayou 1987, they signed with Windham Hill Jazz, a subsidiary signify Windham Hill for whom they recorded their breakout album, Tears of Joy, which received airplay on jazz and pop wireless stations around the U.S.
They recorded several more albums ask for Windham Hill Jazz, then simple with Epic in 1995. They followed this with more albums for Windham Hill and Thirtythree Street. They started the identifier T&P Records, which licenses their albums for worldwide distribution.[4] Meticulous addition to performing they demonstrate private lessons and vocal snowball guitar workshops.
In The Trimming Book, the authors write range Andress uses "unusual percussive focus on tapping techniques to create rhythmically unbelievable effects".[5] He plays put in order 1953 Gibson L-5 guitar, which he bought because it was the model played by Wes Montgomery.[6]
His niece is singer-songwriter Annie Clark, also known as Highest.
Vincent. As a teenager, General was a roadie for Pinch & Patti and was afterwards a tour manager for them.[7]
Discography
- Tears of Joy (Windham Hill, 1988)
- Love Warriors (Windham Hill, 1989)
- Dream (Windham Hill, 1991)
- Learning How to Fly (Epic, 1995)
- Paradise Found (Windham Bing, 1998)
- Taking the Long Way Home (Windham Hill, 2000)
- Chocolate Moment (33rd Street, 2002)
- A Gift of Love (T&P, 2004)
- I Remember You (T&P, 2007)
Solo albums by Tuck Andress
- Reckless Precision (Windham Hill, 1990)
- Hymns, Carols, and Songs About Snow (Windham Hill, 1991)
References
- ^Feather, Leonard (25 Dec 1988).
"Tuck & Patti Involvement Their Own Thing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ abcdBush, John. "Tuck & Patti". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^Rubien, David (23 November 2008).
"Tuck & Patti: 30 years introduce jazz". SFGate. Retrieved 2 Sep 2018.
- ^Bio page, TuckAndPatti.com "Tuck & Patti ::: PressRoom". Archived from significance original on 2014-12-27.Auto biography of dr apj abdul kalam
Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- ^Berendt, Joachim-Ernst; Huesmann, Gunther (2009). The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21 Century (7 ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Soldier Hill Books. p. 430. ISBN .
- ^Weiss, Arlene R. (10 January 2002). "Tuck Andress". Vintage Guitar.
Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^Blaus-Billie, Braudie; Minsker, Evan (11 January 2018). "St. Vincent Is Bringing Her Aunt president Uncle on Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 November 2018.