John Patton – Accent on the Blues album art
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Jan 18th, 2025. Artwork published in
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From Blue Note:
John Patton, often known as Big John Patton, was one of Blue Note’s busiest soul-jazz organists during the golden age of the Hammond B-3s. Between 1963 and 1970 Patton cooked up 11 albums’ worth of material as a leader and sat in with a dizzying procession of skilled improvisers, and his best work has since been compared with that of tragically short-lived innovator Larry Young. Patton also enjoyed a long overdue comeback during the ’90s when he collaborated with saxophonist and composer John Zorn.
The cover of his album Accent on the Blues from 1969 was designed by Bob Venosa. He made early use of Papirtis Pink Mouse, and specifically its contoured “C” style, in all-lowercase letters.
