The Musician and the Governor
Sally Jacobs of The Boston Globe gives us a rare glimpse into the emotional life of a powerful politician with her profile of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. "Pat's Boy" explores the turbulent relationship between Patrick and his father, Pat Patrick, a renowned jazz saxophonist who played with Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and the Sun Ra Arkestra. Jacobs guides us through the estrangement of father and son after Pat was kicked out of the family home when Deval was only 4, and describes their eventual difficult reconciliation. Enhancing the story are audio clips of Pat Patrick's music and a video, narrated by Jacobs and produced by Scott LaPierre, which includes great clips of Patrick playing his sax in a Chicago nightclub. www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/25/patrick_shaped_by_fathers_absence/?page=1