Patrick Norman Yandall (born September 5, 1959, in

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, United States) is an American smooth jazz guitarist.

Background

He was raised in Bay City, Michigan, and is a 1977 graduate of T.L. Handy High School in Bay City. He attended Central Michigan University. His song "Mr. Fattburger" appeared in the film ''

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''. His song "Who's the Bossa" from his album ''Samoa Soul'' appeared in the film ''

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''. Yandall's music has appeared on television and news broadcasts. The single "Tower of Soul" from his album ''The Window'' spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Smooth Jazz Now chart and reached No. 1 on the Live 365 smooth jazz radio chart monitored by Radio Wave. His album ''From the Ashes'' (Apria, 2004) featured

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, and Joel Rosenblatt. He has been featured in ''Jazziz'', ''Smooth & Soul'', and ''Smooth Jazz News''. His album ''Eyes of Mars'' (2005) was No. 6 for the year on JazzLynx and was featured in ''Jazz Times'' magazine as one of the top albums of the season. Yandall is a session musician in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, and New Jersey. His work has appeared on

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'' segments. Performing live, Yandall has been able to achieve the status of being a festival favorite throughout the United States.

Career

Yandall's album ''Rouge River'' was one of the seven albums nominated in the "Best Jazz Album" category at the 2021 San Diego Music Awards. Yandall was one the artists with multiple nominations at the 2022 San Diego Music Awards. His album ''Chasing the Lights'' was one of the seven listed in the "Album of the Year" category. It was also nominated in the Best Jazz or Blues Album category. After the release of Yandall's album, ''Blues Alley'', he was set to tour starting on December 18 to promote it.SDnews.com, December 7, 2022
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yandall, Patrick American jazz guitarists Smooth jazz guitarists Living people 1959 births 20th-century American guitarists People from Fort Liberty, North Carolina People from Bay City, Michigan Jazz musicians from Michigan Jazz musicians from North Carolina

Background

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