Pat Martino RIP.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Pat Martino was one of the greatest guitarists i ever saw.  I last saw him around 8 years ago and remember it well.  He was phonomenal.  What he was doing was only done by him

[felser]

7 hours ago, Milestones said:

 

In the later career, for me nothing tops Live at Yoshi's

+1

[EJ Walker]

I actually enjoy his latter playing more than his earlier stuff, though he is not my favorite guitarist.  His story is fascinating from being as talented as he was at an early age to his aneurysm to his recovery.  Rest in Peace Pat.

[JSngry]

There was a circle of 5-6 jazz playing teenagers in East Texas in my late teens. We met and jammed ever summer when we were all home. One of the guys had an older brother in Tyler who actually had a good ear for the music and records to prove it. He kept telling us about this badass guitar player named "Pat Azzarra" who played this bacass solo on a Willis Jackson record - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" to be exact. Well, surely the name is mispronounced or something? Got to go over to the older btohter's house one day and he played us the records, and wow, holy shit, yes to all of it, badass player, badass solo, and a name of Pat Azzarrs", it said so on the back of the record.

Finally, about 1976 or so, I learned that this was what Pat Martino called himself back in those days, I called everybody up (long distance!) and shared the news, hey, that guy "Pat Azzarra" is really PAT MARTINO. And the unanimous responmse was, oh hell, NO WONDER, THEN!!!!

Exactly!

No jazz collection complete without it, imo.

[Dmitry]

I read that he was ill, but I didn't know he died. I was just playing his THE VISIT! , later known as the FOOTPRINTS album, and it's very-very good. I'm not a guitar aficionado, but how often do we see a jazz guitar album, which includes a rhythm guitarist AND the bassist?

Edited January 10, 2022 by Dmitry

[JSngry]

19 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

... how often do we see a jazz guitar album, which includes a rhythm guitarist AND the bassist?

Not often, but here's one, and it's pretty good too.

[Larry Kart]

21 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Not often, but here's one, and it's pretty good too.

There's a latter-day Joe Pass album on Telarc with John Pisano on rhythm guitar. I'm not a Pass fan by and large, but it's a pretty good one.

[Dmitry]

23 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Not often, but here's one, and it's pretty good too.

I shamefully admit that that I do not have this album. Time and again I hear that it's one of the best. 

[JSngry]

Like Larry, I'm not a huge Pass fan, but his PJ work is where I go, and this is among his best, imo.