H. Con. Res. 57 designating Jazz "as a rare and valuable national American treasure to which we should devote our attention, support and resources to make certain it is preserved, understood and promulgated."
David Baker, JHP, James Moody
International Association of Jazz Educators, New York City
JHP and Dizzy Gillespie
Jelani Jones
Jelani Jones of Axam Dance Theatre Experience performing at the 2017 Annual Spring Concert.
Sid Catlett
Son of "Big" Sid Catlett, drummer for Louis Armstrong, and MC of the 2017 Annual Spring Concert.
Chris Belcher
2017 Annual Spring Concert.
Kevin Jackson Waddy
President Emeritus at the 2017 Annual Spring Concert.
"Big" Sid Catlett
Drummer for Louis Armstrong
Lionel Hampton & JHP
Clark Atlanta University Jazz Under the Stars, 1993
JHP and Billy Taylor
New Orleans, LA
JHP Honoring Parents
Placing a plaque in honor of his parents, Laura Cargile and Hardy Patterson, at the Apex Museum, Atlanta
Congressional letter commemorating International Jazz Day.
Sid Catlett & Patricia W. Gayton
Sid presents a poster of "Big" Sid Catlett to Patricia W. Gayton at the 2017 Annual Spring Concert.
Tavius Elder
2017 Annual Spring Concert.
JHP-Jimmy Heath
Associate Professor Dr. Patterson and Musician Jimmy Heath at Jimmy's book signing.
Instrument Collection
Mid 1920s Hamilton Organ
Dr. Patterson found this beauty August 2019 on his way to a meeting in Roswell, Georgia. He said something told him to stop and drew him in to discover this Hamilton Organ.
Hamilton Organ
Hamilton Organ
Flutes
Wooden Flute
Flute
Flute
Flute
Flute
Flute
Lower part of a flute.
Wooden Clarinet
Wooden Clarinet
Wooden Clarinet
Wooden Clarinet
Over 200 years old!
C Melody & Soprano Saxophones
Alto Saxophones
The instrument on the right was Dr. Patterson's first instrument that he got in 1954.
Piccolos
Antique Thumb Piano
Antique African Drum
Kalimba Thumb Piano
African Gong
Antique Washboard
African Guitar
Antique Sousaphone
Marimba
Memorabilia
African American youth playing banjo
1886
JHP and his mother Laura Cargile
JHP with his father, Hardy Patterson
AJC 2-19-14
Class Notes
JHP and Hubert Laws
JHP & Dizzy Gillespie
Hubert Laws Playing Flute
Louise Massoud
Cemetery Preservationist-Civil War Gravesites for Freedom
Fletcher Henderson
December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952
A. Philip Randolph
Organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a union that represented almost 35,000 black Pullman porters. Randolph shaped the voices in focusing on National Labor Policy.