Once you’ve heard Marlena Shaw, you’ll never forget her. This lady has a definite style that will stay with you.
(P.S. Today happens to be her birthday.)

Dangerous (the title track on Dangerous)
You’ve Changed/ Oo Wee, Baby (You’ve Changed is on Jimmy Smith’s Sum Serious Blues; Oo Wee is on Dangerous)
Love Is In Flight/ Mercy Mercy Mercy [...]

We salute B B King, the undisputed King Of the Blues, and help him celebrate his 83rd birthday.
Every Day I Have The Blues (on Live at the Regal and on The Complete Collection)
I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water/ Having My Say (Drink Muddy Water is on Confessin’ the Blues and Having My Say is on Blues [...]

Here at Pate’s Place, arrangers hold a special place in our heart. This past May we lost this wonderful man. You’ll hear a genius at the piano as well as his fantastic charts.
Afternoon Of A Prawn (on Soaring)
3 Waltzes – A Mirror Image; Elegy; Westlake (on Another Side)
Misbehavin’ /You Must Believe In Spring [...]

This young lady hails from Brazil. Pate’s Place is proud to pay tribute to some one who is as talented as she is beautiful. She doesn’t receive the exposure she should, but we think her star is steadily rising.
You and the Night and the Music (on Something For You)
Waltz For Debby (on [...]