'... and martial drum tattoos (from the excellent Katie Patterson) ...'
-John Fordham, The Guardian Feb 2020

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'...a brilliantly and refreshingly enthusiastic drummer'
​ - The Mystery Reviewer July 2016
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'Katie is a wonderfully accomplished drummer with a very broad style. Her natural musical feeling and understanding has already made her a highly popular first choice as the combination of strengths she posses is quite rare'.  
 -Martin France (Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland, Lee Konitz)

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'...she plays the drums with a gloriously infectious joy, and she writes very cleverly, and it is no great wonder that she was voted this year’s Jazz Yorkshire Young Musician of the Year.
​- Mike Gordon @ Scarborough Jazz, July 2012
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'Special note for the drummer who was another highlight of the night, not only being incredibly skilled and enthusiastic but also smiled from start to end'
​- North West End Review April 2016
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''Excellent drumming'
-Brian Priestley, Jazzwise Magazine June 2011
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'...drummer Katie Patterson stepping out of her more controlled persona to portray a very crotchety indeed Anger.'
​- Scottish Hearald December 2014
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