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The Tex Factor: Jazz by Johnny

By Chris Ivey
Published  February 23, 2024 6:35pm CST
The Tex Factor
FOX 4

The Tex Factor: Johnny Pate

The Tex Factor captured jazz icon Johnny Pate's 100th birthday celebration before sitting down with this North Texas legend to learn how he went from an Army band member in WW2 to being sampled by the biggest hip hop artists in the world.

Johnny Pate is a World War II veteran and jazz music icon, who has not only played for some of the biggest bands of the 40s and 50s, but worked with some of the biggest artists of the 70s and 80s.

The Tex Factor captured his 100th birthday celebration before sitting down with this North Texas legend to learn how he went from an Army band member in World War II to being sampled by the biggest hip-hop artists in the world.