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Article: Interview

Paul Broks: The Neuropsychology of Pat Martino

Read "Paul Broks: The Neuropsychology of Pat Martino" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Paul Broks is a prominent British neuropsychologist who is featured in the documentary film, Martino Unstrung, where he conducts a real-life study of guitarist Pat Martino's famed memory loss and recovery.Broks conceived the movie with director Ian Knox, and they completed the film with the help of a grant from the Wellcome Trust. In ...

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News: Interview

Guitarist Pat Martino Interviewed About New Film, Martino Unstrung...And More

Guitarist Pat Martino Interviewed About New Film, Martino Unstrung...And More

A new documentary film about legendary guitarist Pat Martino, Martino Unstrung, focuses on his brain disease--AVM or arteriovenous malformation--emergency surgery, profound memory loss, and miraculous musical and personal recovery. It also presents intimate portraits of Martino, his music, his wife Ayako, his friends across the decades, his family, and important locales in his life. Martino has ...

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Article: Interview

Pat Martino: Martino Unstrung

Read "Pat Martino: Martino Unstrung" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

A new documentary film about legendary guitarist Pat Martino, Martino Unstrung, focuses on his brain disease—AVM or arteriovenous malformation—emergency surgery, profound memory loss, and miraculous musical and personal recovery. It also presents intimate portraits of Martino, his music, his wife Ayako Akai, his friends across the decades, his family, and important locales in his life. It ...

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Article: Film Review

Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery

Read "Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Pat Martino Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery Sixteen Films 2008 Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery is a running commentary about a man, his music, his friends and family, and his philosophy of life. The man is living legend and jazz guitarist, Pat Martino. The film could be thought of as an ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Pat Martino Quartet at the Sellersville Theater on February 2, 2008

Pat Martino Quartet at the Sellersville Theater on February 2, 2008

Saturday, February 2, 2008 8:00pm - $35.00 One of the most original of the jazz-based guitarists to emerge in the '60s, Philadelphia's own Pat Martino has been recognized as one of the most exciting virtuosos in jazz. Pat is known for his distinctive, fat sound and gut-wrenching performances and fully embodies thoughtful energy & ...

Album

El Hombre

By Pat Martino

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: Waltz For Geri; Once I Loved; El Hombre; Cisco; One For Rose; A Blues For Mickey-O; Just Friends; Song For My Mother.

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Article: Profile

Pat Martino: Consciousness

Read "Pat Martino: Consciousness" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin

“I've always had an individualistic relationship to the instrument, almost to a degree of isolation with it. This is a heady statement from guitarist Pat Martino and it seems obvious, coming from a player with such a discernable voice. But, on the other hand, Martino has been often assigned roles and cut facets that are at ...

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Article: Album Review

Pat Martino: El Hombre

Read "El Hombre" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella

Recorded May 1, 1967, this session was Pat Martino's first album as leader. His guitar moves valiantly with all the swagger of a cowboy; smoking guns and flying fingers dot the landscape of his trail. The allusion, of course, is to Paul Newman's Western film Hombre that came out the same year. Both ...

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Video

Welcome to a Prayer

Featuring the music of Pat Martino
Duration: 9:38

Guitarist Pat Martino performs at the Umbria Jazz Festival with Joey DeFrancesco on organ and Byron Landham on drums.
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Article: Album Review

Robin Eubanks & EB3: Live Vol. 1

Read "Live Vol. 1" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

While ongoing developments in the area of technology have made it possible for artists to create a big band sound on a small band budget, you'd be hard pressed to find a group integrating it as seamlessly and interactively as trombonist Robin Eubanks' EB3 on Live Vol. 1. Thankfully Eubanks, rather than leaving listeners scratching their ...


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