Don Kirkpatrick (June 17, 1905 – May 13, 1956)[1] was an American jazz pianist and arranger.
[1] Kirkpatrick worked intermittently with Chick Webb between 1927-1937 and with Don Redman from 1933-1937; it is for these associations that he is best known.
[1] Aside from this, he worked with Harry White, Elmer Snowden, Zutty Singleton, and Mezz Mezzrow, and worked as a freelance arranger after his time with Webb and Redman.
Kirkpatrick also arranged for the bands of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Cootie Williams.
[1] After the swing era, Kirkpatrick played with Bunk Johnson (1947), Sidney Bechet (1951), Wilbur De Paris (1952–55), and Doc Cheatham (1955).