PC Bio 2020

Pat is an accomplished pianist, composer, producer, arranger, teacher, and highly respected studio musician. His credits span the musical spectrum of jazz, R&B, pop, country and gospel.

Touring Europe, Japan, South America, Australia, Canada and the United States with exceptional artists; Pat is privileged to tour with Michael McDonald, and has previously toured with Carmen McCrae, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Woody Herman, Larry Carlton, Ernie Watts, and Olivia Newton John.

Partial recording credits include: Natalie Cole, Nancy Wilson, Carmen McRae, Trisha Yearwood, Ernie Watts, Michael McDonald, George Strait, Peter Cetera, Scott Henderson & Tribal Tech, Barry Manilow, Michael Feinstein, Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Woody Herman..etc. Pat has also played on hundreds of commercials, televisions shows and film scores, and composes for several library and TV/Film companies, including music for Entertainment Tonight, Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray, Drew Barrymore and Inside edition.

Living now in Nashville, Tennessee; when not touring and working on others' projects, Pat continues to compose and produce original music, underscores and musical projects which are heard worldwide in a variety of media. Additionally, Pat teaches jazz piano, improvisation and combos at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), and recently served as an Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at the University Of North Texas (UNT). He also currently teaches at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Pat will start teaching at the Vanderbilt Blair School Of Music in the Fall of 2023.

Pat has recorded several solo albums including his newest releases "Music For Humans & Other Species”. Other new releases include “How Deep Is The Ocean” and “Everything I Love” on the Burton Avenue Music label, featuring his trio with Danny Gottlieb on drums, Jacob Jezioro on bass, , and Joel Frahm on sax. These are available at patcoil.com and all music media sites.

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