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Pat Martino
One
of the most original of the jazz-based guitarists to emerge
in the 1960s, Pat Martino made a remarkable comeback after
brain surgery in 1980 to correct an aneurysm caused him
to lose his memory and completely forget how to play. It
took years, but he regained his ability, partly by listening
to his older records.
Martino began playing professionally when he was 15. He
worked early on with groups led by Willis Jackson, Red Holloway,
and a series of organists, including Don Patterson, Jimmy
Smith, Jack McDuff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, and
Jimmy McGriff. After playing with John Handy (1966), he
started leading his own bands and heading sessions for Prestige,
Muse, and Warner Bros. that found him welcoming the influences
of avant-garde jazz, rock, pop, and world music into his
advanced hard bop style. After the operation, Martino did
not resume playing until 1984, making his recording comeback
with 1987's The Return. Although not as active as earlier,
Pat Martino has regained his earlier form, recording again
for Muse and Evidence; he later signed with Blue Note, issuing
All Sides Now in 1996, followed two years later by Stone
Blue and in 1999 by Mission Accomplished.
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Pat
Martino: The Best of Pat Martino (A
Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Guitar Styles and Techniques
of a Modern Jazz Legend) Performed by Pat Martino, written
by Wolf Marshall. For guitar. Format: guitar songbook
& CD. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord
names, introductory text, guitar notation legend and
accompaniment CD. Jazz. Series: Hal Leonard Signature
Licks. 110 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.
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Pat
Martino Live At Yoshi's - That
Pat Martino's new Live at Yoshi's is a stunning display
of jazz-guitar prowess should come as no surprise to anyone
familiar with the six-string legend. That the disc is one
of those lucky live albums that captures a night when everything
seemed to be falling into place for Martino and his trio
of organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Billy Hart is perhaps
more than even the guitarist's most ardent admirers could
have hoped for. DeFrancesco and Hart are both predictably
awe-inspiring, but it's the telepathic chemistry between
the three band members and the understandably thrilled audience
that really blasts Live at Yoshi's into a higher realm of
live jazz albums. The trio's interplay on the laid-back
version of "All Blues" seems to reach a new peak
with each chorus, culminating in Martino's beautiful closing
unaccompanied cadenza, and the guitarist and DeFrancesco
seem to inspire each other to ever greater heights on the
ballad "Welcome to a Prayer." Those enamored of
Martino's fleet-fingered heroics will have plenty to feast
on here--from the breakneck tempo of the opening "Oleo"
to the hard-swinging "El Hombre," Martino and
DeFrancesco trade lines with an assurance that few musicians
can muster. Martino has one of the more inspirational personal
stories in music. A guitar legend in the '70s, he had to
completely relearn the instrument after a near-fatal brain
aneurysm in 1980--and he can now lay claim to one of the
more inspirational live albums released in years. --Ezra
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