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Tuck & Patti are an American jazz duo, whose members are the married couple William Charles "Tuck" Andress (born Oct. 28, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) and Patricia Cathcart Andress (born October 4, 1949 in San Francisco).

Guitarist Tuck Andress met singer Patti Cathcart at an audition in Las Vegas in 1980. Prior to this, Tuck had studied classical music at Stanford and had been a session performer with The Gap Band, while Patti had been with The Brides of Funkenstein.

After relocating to Patti's hometown of San Francisco, Tuck and Patti worked as members of a Bay Area rock-cover band. "We burned up some time with this band," Tuck said, "and then we thought, 'Okay, what are we going to do? We need to make some money while we put together our own band—so let's learn some songs as a duo. And all of a sudden, we were out there performing as a duo, neither of us having any idea what we were doing, just figuring it out as we went."

As their fame around the Bay Area grew, they declined offers of recording contracts so they could polish their unique sound. Finally, in 1987, they signed with Windham Hill Records, with whom they recorded their breakout album Tears of Joy, which received airplay on jazz and pop radio stations around the U.S. They recorded several more albums with Windham Hill, then signed with Epic Records for an album in 1995. They followed this with more releases on the Windham Hill and 33rd Street Records labels. They now have their own label, T&P Records, which licenses their recordings for worldwide distribution.

They were married in 1983, and continue to appear at concerts and festivals around the world. When time permits, they also hold vocal and guitar workshops and teach privately.


Tuck & Patti - 1988 - Tears of Joy
Tuck & Patti - 1989 - Love Warriors
Tuck & Patti - 1991 - Dream
Tuck & Patti - 1994 - The Best of Tuck & Patti
Tuck & Patti - 1995 - Learning How To Fly
Tuck & Patti - 1998 - Paradise Found
Tuck & Patti - 2000 - Taking the Long Way Home
Tuck & Patti - 2001 - As Time Goes By
Tuck & Patti - 2002 - Chocolate Moment
Tuck & Patti - 2005 - Live in Holland (Special Edition) 2CD
Tuck & Patti - 2008 - I Remember You