Laurie Goldstein writes in with this tidbit that is making the rounds of jazz afficiandos; she cites the original source of the info as coming from Ira Gitler via a mutual friend.
Laurdine “Pat” Patrick (1929 – 1991) was a baritone saxophone player best-known for his over forty years’ association with Sun Ra. As well as his long-term membership of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Patrick also played with John Coltrane (appearing on Africa/Brass in 1961), Mongo SantamarÃa (appearing on the hits Watermelon Man and Yeh Yeh), and in Thelonious Monk’s quartet in the early 1970s. His son is Massachusetts governor-elect Deval Patrick.
Laurie is a music publishing administrator handling the catalogs of Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Gerry Mulligan, Letta Mbulu & Caiphus Semenya, Freddie Hubbard, Turbintons, Buddy Williams, Joe Williams, Joe Zawinul, Carl Allen, Skip Anderson, Donald Brown, Adela Dalto, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, and others. Her company, L’oro Music, is devoted to protecting musical copyrights while encouraging the licensing of its music in film, tv, recordings, print, commercials and other uses, and the website includes a very informative guide to obtaining licenses for mechanical, synchronization, print, performing rights, grand rights, samples and permissions, plus a FAQ with brief outlines of copyright, licenses, permissions and music publishing terms, and links to additional sources for more detailed information.