About Ann Patterson
Born 1946. Ann Patterson is a saxophonist.
Ann Estelle Patterson (born July 30, 1946) is an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader. She has worked extensively as a big band player and formed her own all-female big band, Maiden Voyage, in 1981, which was active into the 2000s. She earned a doctorate in jazz studies from the University of Southern California, and is currently an applied music professor at El Camino College.
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American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (born 1946)
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Ann Patterson was born on 30 July 1946.
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