Results for "Pat Martino"

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Pat Martino: El Hombre

by Jim Santella
April 1, 2007

Registrazione come capo, il EL Hombre del Martino del picchiettio la prima è stata fatta quando aveva appena 22 anni. Stava giocando professionalmente da quando era diciassette (1961-1944=17). Da Filadelfia, stato sotto il periodo di molti greats di jazz dalla città di Amore di Brotherly. Così il suo amore di jazz è venuto naturalmente a lui, ...

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Pat Martino: El Hombre

by Martin Gladu
February 24, 2007

What a journey this hombre has had. The man in question, Italian-American guitarist Pat Martino, as it has been often reported, fought through a series of severe predicaments throughout his career. After undergoing diverse medical treatments, he resiliently baby-stepped his way back in the music business. He has since catered to his creative force and connected ...

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Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by John Barron
February 23, 2007

The last thing jazz needs is more tribute projects that merely perpetuate the ever-increasing stagnation of an industry trying to make a fast buck off the legacy of fallen giants. At first glance it would appear that this is exactly what Remember is all about. But fortunately, the artist paying tribute here is Philadelphian Pat Martino, ...

Album

Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery

By Pat Martino

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Four on Six; Groove Yard; Full House; Heartstrings; Twisted Blues; Road Song; West Coast Blues; S.K.J.; If I Should Lose You; Unit 7.

Video

I Sing the Blues Every Night

Featuring the music of Pat Martino
Duration: 9:16
December 24, 2006

An interesting performance by Martino playing with electric keyboards backing him while remaining completely in his element. This is the same sort of context as his album "We'll Be Together Again" only this clip is from after his surgery c. 1988

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Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery

by Russ Musto
August 18, 2006

The tribute album allows an artist to document his indebtedness to another's influence on his own style with a more fully formed personal approach and individual voice. It shines a spotlight on the honoree's body of work in a way that no single record in that artist's discography did during his lifetime. And it introduces a ...

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Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by Nic Jones
April 28, 2006

Make no mistake--this is a tribute not only to Wes Montgomery, but also the resilience of human creativity. While this might smack of hyperbole, it should be remembered that Martino completely forgot how to play the guitar some 26 years ago as a result of brain surgery, and if diligence and application can supply the kind ...

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Pat Martino: Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery

by Chris May
April 26, 2006

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 ...

Article: The Jazz Session

Pat Martino: A Tribute to Wes

by Victor L. Schermer
April 25, 2006

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 ...

Article: Interview

Pat Martino: At One with His Favorite Toy

by R.J. DeLuke
April 24, 2006

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 ...