Patrick Earl "Pat" Rebillot (born April 21, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and composer.[1]

Pat Rebilliot
Birth namePatrick Earl Rebillot
Born (1935-04-21) April 21, 1935 (age 89)
Louisville, Ohio, U.S.
GenresJazz
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboard

Early life and education edit

Born in Louisville, Ohio, Rebilliot studied music at Mt. Union College and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Jeno Takacs. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education in 1957.[1]

Career edit

Rebillot is associated with fellow session and studio musicians Hugh McCracken, Tony Levin, Steve Gadd, Ray Barretto and Ralph MacDonald.

A long-time member of Herbie Mann's various line-ups,[2] for which he is also credited as arranger, Rebillot also appears on recordings by Steely Dan, the Average White Band, Gloria Gaynor, Irene Worth, Bette Midler, Flora Purim, Hall & Oates, David Newman, Jon Faddis, Morrissey–Mullen, Michael Franks, Barbra Streisand, Judy Collins, Carly Simon, The Spinners, Freddy Cole, Laura Lieberman, and Chris Connor. He played live with Paul Winter, Joan Baez, Sarah Vaughan, Liza Minnelli, Anita O'Day, Cissy Houston, Joe Williams, O.C. Smith, Benny Powell, Jimmy Rushing, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, James Moody, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Benny Goodman, Gary Burton, and others.

Discography edit

As leader edit

As sideman edit

With Patti Austin

With Warren Bernhardt

  • Manhattan Update (1980)

With James Brown

With Kvitka Cisyk

With Paul Desmond

With Frank Foster

With Gloria Gaynor

With Mike Gibbs & Gary Burton

  • In the Public Interest (1973)

With Hall & Oates

With Jaroslav Jakubovic

  • Checkin' In (Columbia, 1978)

With Robin Kenyatta

With John Klemmer

  • Arabesque (1978)

With Chuck Loeb

  • My Shining Hour (1988)

With Charlie Mariano

  • Mirror (1972)

With Herbie Mann

With Arif Mardin

With David Matthews

  • Shoogie Wanna Boogie (1976)

With Jimmy McGriff

With Morrissey–Mullen

  • Up (1977)

With Meco

With Mark Murphy

With David Newman

With Chico O'Farrill

With Jimmy Ponder

  • All Things Beautiful (LRC, 1978)

With Don Sebesky

With Steely Dan

With Joe Thomas

  • Masada (1975)
  • Feelin's From Within (1976)
  • Here I Come (1977)

With Michael Franks

Passion Fruit (1983)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Feather, Leonard (1987). The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies. Da Capo Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-306-80290-4.
  2. ^ Herbie Mann biography at Jim Newson.com