Spaceman Patterson

William “Spaceman” Patterson (Billy “Spaceman” Patterson) Artist/Composer/Music Director/Arranger/ Orchestrations/Music Supervisor/ProducerSpaceman is both a popular musician and consummate musical virtuoso who performs, produces, composes, and arranges all genres of music.He has been hailed as one of the FUNKIEST,("Jazz Is" magazine dubbed him "Super Funky"), Creative, Groove Masters of the guitar. His melodic approach is so tasteful. It has made him one of the 1st call musicians for the industry. A multi-instrumentalist, Spaceman also performs on several instruments.Patterson studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has also studied independently in New York City with Coleridge Taylor Perkinson and Harmolodic String Theory with James “Blood” Ulmer.His musical credits read like a virtual who’s who in music, Spaceman has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Miles Davis, Pharaoh Sanders, Bill Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Ornette Coleman, Larry Young, Big Joe Turner, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, Hamiett Bluiett, Regina Belle, Teddy Pendergrass, The Emotions, Jean Carne, Roy Ayers, Hubert Laws, Sly Stone, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Mtume, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Olu Dara, The Isley Brothers, James "Blood" Ulmer, The Last Poets, Curtis Mayfield, Toshi Kubota, Bernard Wright, Big Daddy Kane, Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight, Marion Brown, CED GEE, Teruo Nakamura, Buddy Miles, David Sanborn, Eric Clapton, Michael Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Clark Terry, Sadao Watanabe, Guy, Olatunji, Sly & Robbie, Grover Washington Jr, The Barkays, Herbie Hancock, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Roy Haynes, Don Blackman, Miki Howard, Gwen Guthrie, Phyllis Hyman, Alicia Keys, Booby Wooten, Lil Mo, Faith Evans, Luther Vandross, Teena Marie, Mary J.Blige, D’Angelo, Monifah, Bobby Brown, Ziggy Marley, Archie Shepp, LL Cool J, Sun Ra, Doug E Fresh, KRS ONE, Ultra Magnetic MC’s, Chante Moore, Aaliyah, Al Green, Stephanie Mills, Aaron Neville, The Jamaica Boys, James Brown, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Van Peebles, The COSNARATI, and many others.His musical styling has graced many a hit record, movies, TV shows, and commercials. TV projects include “The Cosby Show”, “A Different World”, “Sesame Street,” “The Cosby Mysteries”, “One Life To Live”, ”Cosby”, “Fatherhood”, ”Unstoppable” and “New York Undercover”( Where he served as the band leader/ music director in all the "Natalie's club segments). Spaceman’s’ Theatre credits include “The Love Space Demands” with Ntozake Shange, “Thunder Knocking On The Door”, “Rhinestone”, “Pippin”, “Grease”,” Work Songs”, ” Mother Courage”, “Dream On Monkey Mountain”, “If This Hat Could Talk”, and “Ain’t Supposed To Die A Natural Death”(William "Spaceman" Patterson Audelco Award winner Best Music Direction). His recent film credits include the Emmy nominated HBO film,” Unchained Memories, Readings from the Slave Narratives, ”, Polynesian Power”, “Unbreakable (Conversation w/ Gordon Parks Sir, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles), and the award winning “Fast Pitch” the films for which he composed the original music.He is the director of the acclaimed TV series "Literary Living" Spaceman has recently completed a solo album, “Moon Over Harlem”. Myspace Contact Tables
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