Patrick Gleeson was born on November 9,1934 and is an American musician, synthesizer pioneer, composer, and producer.
11 Facts About Patrick Gleeson
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Patrick Gleeson began experimenting with electronic music in the mid-'60s at the San Francisco Tape Music Center using a Buchla synth and other devices.
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Patrick Gleeson resigned his teaching position to become a full-time musician.
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Patrick Gleeson worked with Herbie Hancock in the early 1970s on two albums and subsequent tours, pioneering synthesizers as a live instrument.
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Hancock has credited Patrick Gleeson with introducing him to synthesizers and teaching him technique.
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Patrick Gleeson has subsequently worked with many other Jazz musicians, including Julian Priester, Lenny White, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Earland, Eddie Henderson and Joe Henderson.
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Patrick Gleeson recorded a number of solo albums, starting with Beyond the Sun - An Electronic Portrait of Holst's "The Planets" in 1976, to which Carlos contributed the sleeve notes.
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Patrick Gleeson sold his interest in Different Fur in 1985.
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Patrick Gleeson has been involved in the scoring of a number of film soundtracks, including The Plague Dogs, Apocalypse Now, Crossroads and The Bedroom Window.
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Patrick Gleeson has scored nine television series, including Knots Landing.
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In 2017 Patrick Gleeson retired from film and television scoring and returned to live performance, both as a solo artist and with a trio.