The Pat Coil Quartet w/ Dan Hitchcock, Rob Linton & Marc Widenhofer

Pianist Pat Coil has toured Japan, South America, Europe and the U.S. with such artists as Michael McDonald, Carmen McCrae, Olivia Newton John, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Woody Herman and many others. Pat has recorded with many artists including Natalie Cole, Trisha Yearwood, Ernie Watts, Carmen McCrae, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Peter Cetera, Woody Herman, Scott Henderson, and Michael McDonald.
During his L.A. years, Pat played on many movie and TV scores, including Star Trek - Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Murphy Brown, Dionne Warwick & Friends, Growing Pains, Major Dad, Spencer For Hire, The Grammy Awards and many more. He played for various artists on the Tonight Show, Arsenio Hall, & Conan O’Brien. Living now in Nashville TN, Pat continues his successful career composing, recording, performing, producing, arranging and teaching. He has composed, produced and performed on hundreds of underscores heard on a variety of media all over the world. Pat taught jazz piano, combos, and improvisation at Middle Tennessee State University, and was an Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at the University Of North Texas.
Pat has recorded six solo jazz albums of his own, the third one being a collaboration with Lyle Mays. “True North” and his new album “Birdhouse” are available at patcoil.com, cdbaby.com and I-Tunes. Pat currently tours with Michael McDonald and Lynda Carter. He also makes numerous appearances with his own group. Pat has a new release of his original music, “Music For Humans….and Other Species”. For more information, please visit patcoil.com.
Marc Widenhofer is an in-demand jazz drummer and educator in Nashville, TN. As a versatile jazz drummer, Widenhofer has performed with Houston Person, Roger Pemberton, Ron Bridgewater, Janguen Bae, Bert Ligon, Chip Stephens, Larry Gray, Chip McNeil, The Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra and was a featured artist headlining the 2012 Taichung International Jazz Festival with the JB Trio and Greg Osby. Currently, Widenhofer maintains an active performing schedule in Nashville including leading his own group made of some of Nashville’s finest musicians. Tonights trio features the ever musical David Rodgers on piano and the swinging Rob Linton on bass.
Rob Linton is a versatile bassist from Charlotte, North Carolina. Linton has had the privilege of performing and touring with Eric Reed, Greg Tardy, Dave Potter and Retro Groove, and Variego3. He has also performed with other standout musicians including Don Aliquo, Miguel Alvarado, Taber Gable, Kenneth Brown, Jack Roben, Jonathan Barber, Stacey Dillard, Will Boyd, Mark Boling, Troy Conn, Ocie Davis, and many others. Rob teaches jazz bass and jazz combos at Blair School of Music. Linton has also taught at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Gardner-Webb University, and The University of Tennessee. He was also the bass instructor for the Knoxville Jazz Workshop. Rob Linton holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a M.M. from the University of Tennessee.
Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Dan Hitchcock is a saxophonist with a unique, yet authentic voice. Dan is at home in a wide range of musical styles, and has spent years studying the vast lineage of saxophone greats from the last 100 years. Having a particular affinity with the romantic tenor styles of Stan Getz, Ben Webster, and Lester Young, Dan is often called an old soul. After 2 years living in Nashville, Dan has enjoyed the opportunity to perform with Nashville-based, international touring artists like Sweet Megg, Rome and Duddy, and Post Modern Jukebox, as well performing with staples of the Nashville jazz scene like Bruce Dudley, Andy Reiss, Roland Barber, Nashville Jazz Orchestra, PT Gazzell, Chris Mondak, the Sofia Goodman Group, and many others. Dan has contributed woodwinds to many recordings in the past few years, including Sofia Goodman Group’s downbeat-acclaimed 2023 release “Secrets of the Shore”, where Dan recorded tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones alongside world renowned tenorist Joel Frahm.

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