Lakki Patey

Lakki Patey
Born (1958-09-03) 3 September 1958
Origin England
Genres Jazz fusion
Latin music
Ambient music
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, inventor
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1983 - present
Labels Atlantic Records
Sidharta Records
BMG Records
Associated acts Some like it Hot
Hot Cubanos
Windflowers
Website www.newamigos.com

Lakki Patey (born 3 September 1958) is an English-Norwegian guitarist and inventor. He moves between musical styles and has also invented the language game and cultural concept New Amigos.[1] He is the yonger brother of the jazz guitarist Bent Patey.

Biography

Patey led the bands Some Like It Hot, Hot Cubano and Windflowers. He has toured the US and Europe and has been a guest artist among others with Michael Ruff & The Yellow Jackets. In 1999 released the album Hot Cubano, where he brought four musicians from Cuba to Norway for the recording and a nationwide tour.

Patey's compositions are used for teaching materials, as well as on international successes like Café del Mar, A Winter’s Solstice and Northern Lights. The tune Mexico is used in TV commercials for New Amigos in Mexico. In 1985 he created the ambient «Eventyrland» for fanciful scenes in Trollgrotten, contained inside the Troll of Hunderfossen Familiepark.

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations

With Øystein Sevåg
With Bang 85
With Inger Lise Rypdal

References

  1. "New Amigos" (in Norwegian). BrettspillGuiden.no. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  2. "Sevåg, Øystein Biografi" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  3. "Lakki Patey". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.

External links

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