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Article: Extended Analysis

Pat Martino Quartet: Undeniable

Read "Pat Martino Quartet: Undeniable" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Pat Martino QuartetUndeniableHighNote2011 Hot buttered soul-jazz, Batman, guitarist Pat Martino's Undeniable is the business! Recorded live at Washington's Blues Alley in June 2009, with tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, organist Tony Monaco and drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts, it harks back to Martino's early to mid 1960s roots in ...

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Article: Live Review

Pat Martino: Philadelphia, PA, November 25, 2011

Read "Pat Martino: Philadelphia, PA, November 25, 2011" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Pat Martino TrioChris' Jazz CafĂ©Philadelphia, PANovember 25, 2011Sir Edmund Hillary, when asked why he scaled Mt. Everest, replied, “Because it is there." A similar explanation could be given for why guitarist Pat Martino fans go to hear him repeatedly: because he is there--in the Here and Now!, as the title of ...

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News: Event

Pat Martino Inaugural Book Signing with Q&A to be Held at Spiral Bookcase In Philadelphia, December 2nd

Pat Martino Inaugural Book Signing with Q&A to be Held at Spiral Bookcase In Philadelphia, December 2nd

On Sunday, December 11th, from 2-4pm, the Spiral Bookcase in Manayunk, PA is celebrating the release of Here and Now! The Autobiography of Pat Martino. Written with jazz journalist Bill Milkowski, legendary jazz guitar master Pat Martino tells the remarkable story of his comeback from a brain aneurysm that took his memory and nearly took his ...

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News: Recording

Pat Martino - Undeniable (2011)

Pat Martino - Undeniable (2011)

Pat Martino, along with George Benson, was the greatest jazz guitarist to spring from those righteous sounding organ trios of the 60s, and like Benson, Martino is still playing at a very, very high level. And, mixed in with some side excursions into other jazz forms, he's still playing that same brand of organ powered soul-jazz ...

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News: Recording

Pat Martino - Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (2006)

Pat Martino - Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (2006)

Here are a couple of stories. One is amazing and funny. The other is just amazing. Wes Montgomery, the great jazz guitarist, didn't know how to read music. That's right, this is the man whose fingers blistered their way around such tunes as “Twisted Blues" and “Four On Six" and who released such monumental records as ...

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Article: Live Review

New Gary Burton Quartet: San Diego, California, October 12, 2011

Read "New Gary Burton Quartet: San Diego, California, October 12, 2011" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush

New Gary Burton Quartet Neurosciences Institute San Diego, CA October 12, 2011 Vibraphone master Gary Burton has returned to the guitar quartet, a format that has served him well since his early recordings with Larry Coryell in the '60s, and especially with Pat Metheny in the '70s. His current group ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Backbeat Books Publishes "Here and Now!: The Autobiography of Pat Martino"

Backbeat Books Publishes "Here and Now!: The Autobiography of Pat Martino"

The world (and the world's bookstores) are full of comeback stories, both real and fictional, but few can hold a candle to Here and Now! The Autobiography of Pat Martino (Applause Books; $24.99). Written with jazz journalist Bill Milkowski, legendary jazz guitar master Pat Martino tells the remarkable story of his comeback from a brain aneurysm ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Third Annual Philadelphia Guitar Summit Features The Areas Elite Musicians

Third Annual Philadelphia Guitar Summit Features The Areas Elite Musicians

Blue Bell, PA: The Third Annual Philadelphia Guitar Summit is here!!! Partnered with Montgomery County Community College, this year is spectacular with a stellar line up of jazz guitarists/educators. Pat Martino's hard hitting organ trio, the glorious solo flamenco guitarist Carlos Rubio and this year introducing the PGS Guitar Ensemble featuring Tom Gaicabetti, Monnette Sudler, Matt ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Jake Hertzog

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by AAJ Staff

Meet Jake Hertzog: Jake Hertzog's accomplishments as a jazz musician mesh with his love for the rock idiom, creating almost an entirely new musical language. His new album, Evolution, co- produced by the great jazz bassist Harvie S, the original compositions (except for Jake's version of Bruce Springsteen's “Streets of Philadelphia") have been mastered ...

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Article: Album Review

The Sheryl Bailey 4: For All Those Living

Read "For All Those Living" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Wes Montgomery may be gone, but the great jazz guitarist's crisp, rich-toned sound lives on in Sheryl Bailey, whose style is so reminiscent of the icon, but whose technique has also been compared to that of Pat Martino. It is quite clear that Bailey is a gifted guitarist as well as a veteran musician, with several ...


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