Pat Flowers
Ivelee Patrick Flowers (October 16, 1917 – October 6, 2000) was an American jazz pianist and singer. Born in Detroit, Flowers began his professional career as the pianist during intermissions at Uncle Tom's Cabin in the city when he was 18 years old. He moved to New York City in 1939, where he played private engagements and hotel lobbies; he worked in Philadelphia and then New York again, and recorded for the first time in 1941. After returning to Detroit, Flowers took up a residency at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, where he played intermittently into the middle of the 1950s. From 1943 to 1948, Flowers was based out of New York again, where he initially collaborated frequently with Fats Waller at the Greenwich Village Inn. After Waller's death, Waller's manager Ed Kirkeby drafted Flowers as a possible successor for Waller, booking him for extended residencies at the Ruban Bleu and Café Society as well as radio appearances and recordings.Recorded sides for the Hit label in 1945 and for Victor ( Waller's old label) in 1946 and 1947. In 1945, he made three films, Scotch Boogie, Dixie Rhythm, and Coalmine Boogie. Following his return to Detroit, Flowers became a mainstay of the local jazz scene. He had a residency at Farmington, Michigan's Danish Inn from 1974 to 1983. He toured Europe with a Fats Waller tribute show in 1975. At the end of his life he played the piano regularly at the Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Farms. He died in Detroit. Flowers's early recordings were collected as I Ain't Got Nobody, released on Black & Blue Records in 1972. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D6VB-2480 | 10-in. | 7/15/1946 | Sha-wa-wa (weave to me some jive) | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | leader, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist, songwriter | |
Victor | D6VB-2481 | 10-in. | 7/15/1946 | Ain't that just like a woman | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | leader, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Victor | D6VB-2482 | 10-in. | 7/15/1946 | Horizontal | Pat Flowers ; Bunty Pendleton ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | leader, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D6VB-3408 | 10-in. | 12/11/1946 | Bring me some money, honey | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, songwriter | |
Victor | D6VB-3409 | 10-in. | 12/11/1946 | Texas and Pacific | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D6VB-3411 | 10-in. | 12/11/1946 | Googie-woogie | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-0619 | 10-in. | 3/3/1947 | Love is just around the corner | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-0620 | 10-in. | 3/3/1947 | Aloysius, do the dishes | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-0944 | 10-in. | 6/4/1947 | Goodbye, good luck, get lost | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-0945 | 10-in. | 6/4/1947 | Just you, just me | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-0946 | 10-in. | 6/4/1947 | How many kisses (does it take to make you fall in love with me) | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-0947 | 10-in. | 6/4/1947 | A chocolate sundae on a Saturday night | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-1718 | 10" | 10/13/1947 | Carolina in the morning | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-1719 | 10-in. | 10/13/1947 | I'm yours | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-1720 | 10" | 10/13/1947 | Find out what they like (and how they like it) | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-1721 | 10-in. | 10/13/1947 | How'm I doin' | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7VB-2276 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | Love me or leave me | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-2277 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | Save the bones for Henry Jones ('cause he don't eat no meat) | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-2278 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | Shoe shine shuffle | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7VB-2279 | 10-in. | 11/24/1947 | Exhilirated, exasperated, exhausted | Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, songwriter | |
Decca | 69400 | 10-in. | 6/19/1941 | After the sun goes down | Pat Flowers | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | ||
Decca | 69401 | 10-in. | 6/19/1941 | Beg, borrow or steal | Pat Flowers | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Flowers, Pat," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/203302.
Flowers, Pat. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/203302.
"Flowers, Pat." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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