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Pat Martino: Undeniable
Track review of "Double Play"
Martino's quartet parlays a prominent groove quotient, alternating the dynamic throughout the program. One of many highlights is Martino's "Double Play," a sleek jazz-blues designed with an understated, yet memorably melodic theme, and primarily executed within the lower and middle registers. Here, the quartet projects a budding storyline, where the guitarist's flickering lines, rhythmic accents, minor pauses and fluid single-note licks shade and extend the perimeter of its tuneful motif.
Organist Tony Monaco frames the pulse and tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander dishes out soul-stirring treatments, as Martino gradually raises the pitch via sinuous linear phrasings, trills and circular chord patterns, as they ease back into the primary melody for the finale.
The band captures a mood, which is a winning attribute that remains a constant amid the up-tempo parts and the quartet's irrefutable solidarity, paired with Martino's signature voice and inimitable technique.
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Track Listing
Lean Years; Inside Out; Goin’ to a Meeting; Double Play; Midnight Special; ‘Round Midnight; Side Effect.
Personnel
Pat Martino
guitarPat Martino: guitar; Eric Alexander: tenor sax; Tony Monaco: organ; Jeff “Tain” Watts: drums.
Album information
Title: Undeniable | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: HighNote Records
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