Patricia Folkner http://patriciafolkner.com smooth, jazzy, sophisticated Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:22:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 2009: A summary http://patriciafolkner.com/227/ http://patriciafolkner.com/227/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:16:55 +0000 patty http://patriciafolkner.com/?p=227 Another year has passed.  Highlights for me include

  1. My two missionaries returning home, Lauren & David
  2. My daughters graduation and first teaching job!
  3. My son graduating from college and getting some job offers!
  4. My CD was released, and website was created.
  5.  Pretty busy gigging schedule.    I was able to share my music with more people this year and that makes me happy!   My favorites were concerts at the Idaho Botanical Garden and at the Ada County Community Library. 
  6. I’ve got such a fun crop of students this year.  We do a lot of laughing, and a lot of learning.  The students who have consistently applied themselves are making tremendous progress, and it is gratifying to hear them make music, write songs,  and be daring enough to perform in public places. 

A big hug and thank you to all who came to the shows,  bought the CD, hired me, or just gave me a kind encouraging word.  THANK YOU!!!!:-P  

]]> http://patriciafolkner.com/227/feed/ About “Spent Yesterday”–the CD http://patriciafolkner.com/spent-yesterday-the-cd/ http://patriciafolkner.com/spent-yesterday-the-cd/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:41:49 +0000 patty http://patriciafolkner.com/?p=150 Here is some info about the CD.  All songs were performed, recorded, and mixed by me.  Other musicians as noted: 
Joel Kaserman: mandolin on Welcome to the Club.  Electric guitar on Spent Yesterday. 
Mary Ellen Davis: flute on If There’s Sunshine in Your Heart.
 Lauren Folkner: violins on Spent Yesterday.
Melissa Smith, Mo Kelly, Niccole Blaze: harmony on Garden Song..

 

Songwriting credits:
Recipe for Love.   Harry Connick Jr.
Baby Won’t U Please Come Home.    Warfield, Williams
Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger.   Traditional
Sweet Music Man.  Music by Richard Saslow. Lyrics by Patricia Folkner
Welcome to the Club.  Sherman, Wolf
Spent Yesterday.  Patricia Folkner
If There’s Sunshine in Your Heart (You Can Make the Pathway Bright) J. & H. Dungan
Reason We’re Doin All right .   Patricia Folkner
Walls of Jericho.  Patricia Folkner
Riches of the Earth.  Patricia Folkner
Lullaby of Birdland.   Shearing,Weiss
Garden song.  David Mallet
Hours After Dusk.  Patricia Folkner

Please feel free to leave (positive:-P ) comments about the music!  Something profound and quotable would be greatly appreciated! (Hit that little “comments” link at the bottom of this post).

]]> http://patriciafolkner.com/spent-yesterday-the-cd/feed/ Recommended jazz CD’s: http://patriciafolkner.com/recommended-jazz-cds/ http://patriciafolkner.com/recommended-jazz-cds/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:12:27 +0000 patty http://patriciafolkner.com/?p=64 Some new jazz albums of mine that I just can’t stop listening to:

Cedar Walton’s “Eastern Rebellion”,  Cedar Walton & Billy Higgins “Tribute to Lee Morgan” and Curtis Fuller’s  “Blues-Ette”    <—You’ll be humming along to this one in no time!!

As you can see, I’ve become a big Cedar Walton fan.  Another new purchase I made was Cyrus Chestnut’s “Soul Food”.  And an old album I’ve resurrected…Art Farmer’s “Modern Art”.  He and Benny Golson play so lyrically together.  Awesome.

All of this music just soothes my soul.  I put the headphones on, and the world goes away.

]]> http://patriciafolkner.com/recommended-jazz-cds/feed/ Check out Pat’s video http://patriciafolkner.com/sample-2/ http://patriciafolkner.com/sample-2/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:23:40 +0000 admin http://patriciafolkner.com/?p=36 Pat Folkner on youtube

Pat Folkner on youtube

I’m playing “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” on my Santa Cruz.

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