Patrick Gleeson, Jazz Synthesizer Pioneer, Dies at 91 After Playing on 80 Albums
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Patrick Gleeson, Jazz Synthesizer Pioneer, Dies at 91 After Playing on 80 Albums
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Summary
Patrick Gleeson, the musician and producer who helped bring synthesizers into jazz, died July 19 at his Los Angeles home at 91.
Arterial stenosis caused his death, his wife Charmaine McClarie said, closing a career that stretched from San Francisco’s 1960s experimental scene into mainstream jazz, pop and rock.
Within a few years of leaving a job as an English instructor at San Francisco State, Gleeson had taught himself electronic music and was playing with Herbie Hancock and other jazz artists.
More than 80 albums carried his contributions, and he also became a recording artist, composer, producer and co-founder of San Francisco studio Different Fur Trading Company.