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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.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 16, 1917 (Detroit), Died October 6, 2000 (Detroit)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist, leader, songwriter

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/203302

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