Welcome to the site of Will Patton

multi-instrumentalist and composer. Will has been playing all kinds of music for over 30 years now, including celtic, jazz, rock and roll, bluegrass and Brazilian choro.

He is in demand as a jazz bass player and session mandolinist in his home state of Vermont and has of late been traveling to NYC, Paris, California and Grenada for gigs and recordings dates.

During the last 10 years he has been leading his own quintet comprised of mandolin/octave mandolin, violin, guitar, flute, clarinet and string bass. The group has been focusing on Gypsy jazz and Brazilian styles and perform many original compositions in their repertoire.

Their 2000 CD release, Latitudes and Departures received high critical acclaim and national recognition. This was followed by Périphérique, released in 2002 and featuring legendary Gypsy guitarist Ninine Garcia.

Now Will and Ninine have teamed up again to record 3 tracks on the new release (June 2005) String Theory. The new recording features solid playing and inspired soloing from Will's long time Ensemble, as well as stellar contributions from accordion wizard Jeremiah McLane, clarinetist Anna Patton, jazz flautist Patricia Julien and members of Vermont's Sambatucada, the Brazilian samba school of the north on a no-holds barred samba. String Theory takes the mandolin into whole new worlds.