Patrick Gleeson (born November 9, 1934) is an American musician,

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pioneer, composer, and producer.

Career

Gleeson moved to

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in the 1960s to teach in the English Department at San Francisco State. Gleeson began experimenting with electronic music in the mid-'60s at the

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using a Buchla synth and other devices. He resigned his teaching position to become a full-time musician. In 1968, "upon hearing

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' ''

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''", he bought a

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and opened the

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recording studio in San Francisco. He worked with

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in the early 1970s on two albums (''

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'' and ''

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'') and subsequent tours, pioneering synthesizers as a live instrument. Hancock initially hired Gleeson as a synthesizer technician and instructor, but ended up asking him to become a full-time band member, expanding the ensemble from six to seven musicians. Hancock has credited Gleeson with introducing him to synthesizers and teaching him technique. ''

'' and '' Headhunters'' were both recorded in part at Different Fur studios. Gleeson has subsequently worked with many other Jazz musicians, including

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, Eddie Henderson and

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. Gleeson recorded a number of solo albums, starting with ''Beyond the Sun - An Electronic Portrait of Holst's "The Planets"'' in 1976, to which Carlos contributed the sleeve notes. The album was nominated for a "best engineered recording-classical" Grammy in 1976. ''Beyond the Sun'' was followed in 1977 by a more commercial album, ''

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''. He worked as a producer and engineer on the 1978

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album '' Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'', part of which was recorded at Different Fur. He sold his interest in Different Fur in 1985. Gleeson has been involved in the scoring of a number of film soundtracks, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Bedroom Window''. He has scored nine television series, including ''

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''. In 2017 Gleeson retired from film and television scoring and returned to live performance, both as a solo artist and with a trio (

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, drums, and

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, reeds).

Discography

As leader or co-leader

*1976 - ''Beyond the Sun - An Electronic Portrait of Holst's "The Planets"'' (

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) *1977 - ''

'' (Mercury), reissued on *1980 - ''Rainbow Delta'' (

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, reissued on Anthology, 2007) * 1982 - ''

(

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)'' (

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) *1982 - ''Patrick Gleeson's Computer Realization of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons''(

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) *1986 - ''Ewoks (1985-1987)'' *1998 - ''

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'' with

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(Intuition) *2007 - ''Slide'', a chamber music album of jazz influenced minimalism *2008 - ''Jazz Criminal'' with Jim Lang and featuring Bennie Maupin and

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*2019- ''Moogfest Live 2019''

As sideman (partial listing)

With

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) *''

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'' (RCA, 1971) With

*''

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'' (Prestige, 1973) *'' Leaving This Planet'' (Prestige, 1973) With

* ''

'' (

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, 1971) * ''

'' (Columbia, 1972) With Eddie Henderson *'' Realization'' ( Capricorn, 1973) *''

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'' (Capricorn, 1974) With

*''

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'' (

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, 1976) With

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*'' Actual Sounds + Voices'' (

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, 1998) With

Julian Priester Julian Priester (born June 29, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist and occasional euphoniumist. He is sometimes credited "Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto". He has played with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock. Bio ...

*''

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*''Venusian Summer'' (

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, 1975) *''Big City'' (Nemperor, 1977) *''Presents the Adventures of the Astral Pirates'' ( Elektra, 1978)

References

External links

Patrick Gleeson MySpace page

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Patrick Gleeson Patrick Gleeson (born November 9, 1934) is an American musician, synthesizer pioneer, composer, and producer. Career Gleeson moved to San Francisco in the 1960s to teach in the English Department at San Francisco State. Gleeson began experimentin ...

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