Pat Rebillot Explained

Pat Rebilliot
Birth Name:Patrick Earl Rebillot
Birth Date: April 21, 1935
Birth Place:Louisville, Ohio, U.S.
Genre:Jazz
Instrument:Piano, keyboard

Patrick Earl "Pat" Rebillot (born April 21, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and composer.[1]

Early life and education

Born in Louisville, Ohio, Rebilliot studied music at Mt. Union College and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Jeno Takacs. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education in 1957.

Career

Rebillot is associated with fellow session and studio musicians Hugh McCracken, Tony Levin, Steve Gadd, Ray Barretto and Ralph MacDonald.

A long-time member of Herbie Mann's various line-ups,[2] for which he is also credited as arranger, Rebillot also appears on recordings by Steely Dan, the Average White Band, Gloria Gaynor, Irene Worth, Bette Midler, Flora Purim, Hall & Oates, David Newman, Jon Faddis, Morrissey–Mullen, Michael Franks, Barbra Streisand, Judy Collins, Carly Simon, The Spinners, Freddy Cole, Laura Lieberman, and Chris Connor. He played live with Paul Winter, Joan Baez, Sarah Vaughan, Liza Minnelli, Anita O'Day, Cissy Houston, Joe Williams, O.C. Smith, Benny Powell, Jimmy Rushing, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, James Moody, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Benny Goodman, Gary Burton, and others.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Patti Austin

With Warren Bernhardt

With James Brown

With Kvitka Cisyk

With Paul Desmond

With Frank Foster

With Gloria Gaynor

With Mike Gibbs & Gary Burton

With Hall & Oates

With Jaroslav Jakubovic

With Robin Kenyatta

With John Klemmer

With Chuck Loeb

With Charlie Mariano

With Herbie Mann

With Arif Mardin

With David Matthews

With Jimmy McGriff

With Morrissey–Mullen

With Meco

With Mark Murphy

With David Newman

With Chico O'Farrill

With Jimmy Ponder

With Don Sebesky

With Steely Dan

With Joe Thomas

With Michael Franks

Passion Fruit (1983)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Feather, Leonard. The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies. 1987. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-80290-4. 280.
  2. http://www.jimnewsom.com/bio.html Herbie Mann biography at Jim Newson.com