Deval Donates His Cool Dad's Jazz Junk to Berklee

We always thought that Massachusetts was due some residual benefit from the fact that Governor Deval Patrick's dad was a jazz legend—other than the bragging rights we have over the 49 states that aren't governed by the son of a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra. But now, HubArts reports, Patrick will donate his father's entire jazz archive to the Berklee College of Music.

The booty includes "scores, photographs, personal materials, and recordings" that composer, arranger, and reeds player Laurdine Kenneth "Pat" Patrick collected during his 40 years playing with the Arkestra and jazz luminaries like Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk.

Patrick's relationship with his father was fraught, according to this 2007 Globe article, which includes a documentary featuring snippets of the elder Patrick's saxophone playing.