The Pat Coil Quartet w/ Danny Gottlieb, Jim Ferguson & Dan Hitchcock

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.
Danny Gottlieb is one of the most popular drummers in jazz and contemporary music. Although best known as the drummer in the original Pat Metheny Group, during the past 30 years Danny has performed and recorded with some of the world's greatest musicians. They include: Bobby McFerrin, Sting, John McLaughlin, Gil Evans, Gary Burton, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, David Byrne, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Al Di Meola, The Blues Brothers Band, Booker T and the MGs, Jeff Berlin, Lew Soloff, Michael Franks, Mark Egan, Mike Stern, Dr. John, the NDR Big Band, WDR Big Band, HR Big Band, GRP Big Band, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, and many more. He is featured on more than 300 CDs to date, including four Grammy Award Winners.
Jim Ferguson is a vocalist, double bassist, educator, and luthier. He has had a long professional career in the Nashville music industry. In 1999 he returned to his roots and released his first jazz CD, Not Just Another Pretty Bass (a quartet with saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Pat Coil, and drummer Jim White). That was followed by Deep Summer Music (same lineup with the exception of pianist Stefan Karlsson ), and Haunted Heart (a duo recording with guitarist Mundell Lowe). The quartet recordings were released on A-Records, and the duo recording on Lily's Dad's Music. Jim has been a featured guest on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland, a guest on NPR's Morning Edition with Bob Edwards and on The Bob Edwards Show on Sirius-XM Radio. Additionally he has been featured on Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson. He is currently at Middle Tennessee State University where he taught jazz voice and bass since 1998 and maintains a double bass repair shop in Nashville, Tennessee.
Saxophonist and active recording artist, composer and educator Don Aliquo has performed and/or recorded with internationally known artists such as Rufus Reid, Jim McNeely, Harold Danko, Roger Humphries, Gary Burton, Obed Calvaire and many others. Pushing musical boundaries while honoring the tradition, Don Aliquo's quartet will perform a mix of originals and classics in a dynamic set tailored for "late night" listening.

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