Patrick Yandall

Academy voting member-International recording session guitarist, Jazz Guitarist/producer. Music in film, TV, radio. 28 releases since 1994. PBS special on Patrick and his music aired in Midwest. New album and single “You Will Be Alright” 2024 featuring Rachael Dickenson on title track. 2024. Early 2024 Darryl Walker featured on cover of “Georgy Porgy” hit #1 on British Smooth Jazz chart. 2023 album Dance in the Rain; hit single most added chart with worldwide airplay. 2022 release Stratophunk nominee for RnB album of the year. Music featured on The Weather Channel! Billboard charting artist. 2021 release/single “Chasing the Light” featured and promoted on SmoothJazz.com August 25. Available for purchase August 3. Grammy consideration for commercially released projects "10 South Riverside (2018) "A Journey Home" 2017 and the "Ethos" release 2016. Most added on BILLBOARD first week out! Voted Jazz Artist of the Year (Lifeswork Entertainment in 2009) Jazz Artist of the Year nominee for SDMA awards. Headliner for multiple jazz festivals and featured at the River Raisin Jazz Festival 2017! Headliner at The State Thatre, Bay City, MI. Music in film, TV, and radio. Session guitarist on many projects! CD's released internationally available on iTunes, Jazz artist of the year nominated by Lifeswork Entertainment with Nick Cannon hosting. 2013 CD "Soul Grind" nominated for Jazz album of the year and made it in top 50 world chart on SmoothJazz.com! Top 30 Groove Jazz world chart! The hit single "My Lady" hit top 5 on the indie chart! Top 30 BILLBOARD! PBS Special on him and his music in 2011 which aired in Midwest. Playing guitar and studying music since he was 8 years old. He began playing nightclubs in Michigan when he was just 13 years old! Patrick has a long list of achievements. Here are just a few. PBS did a special on Patrick and his music! See Youtube for excerpts from many concerts and live performances. His music is featured in the feature film "Run" (2020) and "Fruitvale Station". This movie won awards at Sundance film festival and is now on worlwide release! A headliner for Midland Dow concert series with Ramsey Lewis in 2012! Headliner at The State Theatre, Humphreys, Anthology, Lake Las Vegas Jazz, KIFM Jazz Fest, River Raisin Jazz Fest, and many more! Music receiving airplay worldwide on smooth jazz stations such as Music Choice! Featured in magazines such as Guitar Player, Smooth Jazz News, Jazziz, Jazz Times, et.al.! Patrick is producing more music for Film, TV, and Radio along with musical beds for commercials. Tracks of his "Mr. Fattburger" in the hit film "Fruitvale Station" soundtrack. "Who's the Bossa", is featured in the film "War, Inc." starring John Cusack and Marissa Tomei. TV shows such as "Speechless" (ABC) "Shameless" on Showtime, "Young Sheldon" CBS, "Raising Hope", "Girls", "New Girl", The Weather Channel, Outdoor Channel, Sports Specials, and NBC News also feature Patricks music! Featured on the smooth jazz channel at Music Choice for many years! In 2011, the release "The Window" on Innervision Records was featured worldwide! Chart-topping single off that, "Tower of Soul" reached #1 for 5 weeks on smoothjazznow chart and #1 on Radio Wave monitor for Live 365 smooth jazz! Top 30 for main Groove Jazz And featured CD on smoothjazz.com! He has CD's dating back to 1994. Music available at iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, and more has been distributed and heard worldwide!. Also available, Patricks 2009 smooth jazz release, "A New Day" with the #1 smooth jazz hit "I Am There" on radio wave monitor smooth jazz chart! (top 50 for 2009 Groove Jazz Chart!) Worldwide airplay and top 10 on Groove Jazz chart! He is endorsed by huge music companies like Seymour Duncan Pickups, Elixir Strings, Custom Tones (Ethos Pedal), Carvin, Epiphone, Levy's Leathers, and more. A prolific composer/producer and a world class musician. Performing live or in studio with world class jazz musicians Randy Brecker, Will Lee, Joel Rosenblatt, Scott Wilkie, Michael Paulo, Jeff Lorber, Greg Vail, Jerry Watts Jr., Andre Mayeux, Smitty Smith, Darryl Williams, Cecil McBee Jr., Nathan Brown, Kevin Flournoy, James East, Carl Evans Jr., Hollis Gentry III, Jason Weber, Steve Ebner, and many more! There are no limits to what this talented musician can do. A true professional! by Jazzbro