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JAMES HARDY

PATTERSON

FOUNDATION, INC.

©2020 by James Hardy Patterson Foundation, Inc.

GALLERY

Past Events

James Robinson Saxophonist, Summer Jazz Camp student.	JHP and Dizzy Gillespie
Congressional Black Caucus Founder of the John W. Coltrane Center	H. Con. Res. 57 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
JHP Directing 2017 Spring Concert	James Patterson & Aretha Franklin James Patterson performed with the "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin in 2005. © 2005 Brenda J. Turner/kacom.com
International Jazz Day 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.

ILL FATED AIR - Dr. James H. Patterson

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