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Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery
by Chris May
The safest course of action on encountering a tribute album is usually to run like hell in the opposite direction. Which is why this beautiful album stayed unplayed for a couple of weeks before finally, thank God, finding the deck. This recording is just lovely. If Wes Montgomery was alive today, this is almost certainly what ...
Pat Martino: A Tribute to Wes
by Victor L. Schermer
When I first heard Pat Martino perform, a series of exclamation points went off in my brain. (Like wow!!! How did he do that!!!?) Like most listeners, I was blown away by his technique. Even on his earliest recordings with Willis Jackson, when Pat was just a kid starting out in the business, his rapid-fire improvisational ...
Pat Martino: At One with His Favorite Toy
by R.J. DeLuke
Pat Martino, he of the quicksilver fingers, the intuitive genius, the beauty of tone, is the type of artist that makes other guitarists shake their heads. But there are other things at work in the magical process. We're not talking about whether the piano is in tune. Not the sound of the drummer. Not the quality ...
Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery
by John Kelman
Guitarist Pat Martino has overcome far more than his share of obstacles. Emerging in the mid-1960s, he released a string of acclaimed albums starting with the classic El Hombre (Prestige, 1967) and ending with the overlooked fusion classic Joyous Lake (Warner Bros., 1977). Then a brain aneurysm literally stole his identity and for the next decade ...
Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gli appassionati di jazz conoscono la sfortunata storia di Pat Martino: voce tra le più significative della chitarra jazz negli anni Settanta, nel 1980 viene colpito da aneurisma cerebrale; operato, perde quasi completamente la memoria, anche quella chitarristica. Riparte così da zero, con i suoi vecchi dischi e l'aiuto del computer come compagni di viaggio nel ...
Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar
Label: Columbia
Released: 2005
Track listing: St. Louis Tickle; Chain Gang Blues; Savoy Blues; The Only, Only One (For Me); Add A Little Wiggle; Clowin' The Frets; California Blues; How'm I Doin' / Dinah; Who's Sorry Now; Danzon; China Boy; Minnahaha; Swingin' On The Strings; Honeysuckle Rose; Guitar Swing; Love Me Or Leave Me; Whispering; Pickin' For Patsy; Little Rock Getaway; Solo Flight; Buck Jumpin'; Twin Guitar Special; I'm Walkin' This Town; Palm Springs Jump; Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You; Red Cross; Ol' Man Rebop; On Green Dolphin Street; What Is This Thing Called Love; Body And Soul; My Baby Just Cares For Me; Runnin' Wild; Mountain Melody; Yardbird Suite; The Boy Next Door; Tocata; I've Got You Under My Skin; Aguas De Marco (Waters Of March); Bluesette; Midnight Blue; Unit 7; Naptown Blues; Move; Easy Living; Jean De Fleur; Night And Day; Clockwise; Just Friends; A Taste Of Honey; How Insensitive; Gypsy Queen; June 15, 1967; As We Used To Sing; Should Be Reversed; Manic Depression; Birds Of Fire; Coral; Ralph's Piano Waltz; The Prowler; Bright Size Life; Aqui, Oh; Midnight In San Juan; Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile); Inner City Blues; Thumper (Edit); Spiral; Captain Fingers; Mr. Spock; Race With The Devil On Spanish Highway; Cause We've Ended As Lovers; Church; Ron Carter; Hottentot; Postizo; Fat Time (Edit);
Pat Martino at Chris' Jazz Cafe, November 25th, 2005
by Victor L. Schermer
Pat MartinoChris' Jazz CaféPhiladelphia, PAFirst set It is said that when George Benson first heard Pat Martino perform, he was so astounded that he thought of giving up guitar playing. What he heard was a young kid in Harlem playing like a master. Since that time about forty years ago, ...
Giants Of Jazz ~ Samba Bossa Nova
By Pat Martino
Label: Savoy Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Girl From Ipanema; Recorda-Me (Remember Me); You Can Go; Cheeka's Dance; Samba De Orpheus; Bahia; Willow; Choro; Champagne And Caviar; Black Orpheus; Cinnamon Flower;
Pat Martino Trio at Jazz Alley
by Roy Strassman
Pat Martino Trio Jazz Alley Seattle, WA October 31, 2000Amidst good tidings, packed house and festive d'cor, replete with onstage Christmas tree, the Three Jazzmen journeyed to the West, Seattle's Jazz Alley, thereby annunciating the holy rebirth of jazz guitar-organ funk. The jazzmen in question are none other ...
Jim Ridl: Door Openings
by Victor L. Schermer
Pianist Jim Ridl is emerging as an innovative force in jazz, a pianist of the highest caliber, a creative composer and improviser, and one of those rare musicians who stretches the art form even as he honors the established traditions. Technically and improvisationally formidable in performance and recordings, he is equally comfortable with his own groups ...
