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Emily Remler, Kenny Burrell, Mike Stern, John Hart, Grant Green, Robben Ford, Larry Coryell, Philip Catherine, Tommy Emmanuel

Influenced By:

Wes Montgomery, Billy Bean, Johnny Smith, Dennis Sandole, Charlie Christian

Followers:

Erkan Ogur, John Scofield, Paul Abler, John Abercrombie, Jacob Young, Lou Volpe, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Adam Rogers, Bob Rose, Garrison Fewell

Performed Songs By:

Bill Carney, Habib Khan, Benny Golson, John Coltrane

Worked With:

Don Schlitten, Jack McDuff, Willis "Gator" Jackson, Rudy Van Gelder, Sherman Ferguson, Paul Bagin, Billy James, Don Patterson, Eric Kloss, Billy Higgins

Formal Connection With:

Philadelphia Experiment
  • Born: August 25, 1944, Philadelphia, PA
  • Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instrument: Guitar
  • Representative Albums: "East!," "We'll Be Together Again," "El Hombre"
  • Representative Songs: "Along Came Betty," "Impressions," "Alone Together"

Biography

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 1998 by Fire Dance. In 2001 Martino released a live album recorded at Yoshi's in California. Two years later he teamed with saxophonist Joe Lovano for Think Tank. Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery appeared on Blue Note in 2006. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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Pat Martino

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Background information
Birth name Pat Azzara
Born August 25, 1944 (1944-08-25) (age 65)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Labels Prestige, Muse, Cobblestone, Warner Bros., 32 Jazz, Evidence, Mythos, Camden, Blue Note, APM Records

Pat Martino (born Pat Azzara on August 25, 1944) is an Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer within the post bop, fusion, mainstream jazz, soul jazz and hard bop idioms.

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Biography

Martino was born in South Philadelphia. He began playing professionally at age 15. Martino played and recorded early in his career with musicians such as Willis Jackson and Eric Kloss. He also worked with many jazz organists, such as Charles Earland, Jack McDuff, Trudy Pitts, Jimmy Smith, Gene Ludwig, Don Patterson, Richard Groove Holmes. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Martino made many recordings as a sideman and also under his own name.

In 1980, Martino underwent surgery as the result of a nearly fatal brain aneurysm. The surgery left him with amnesia, leaving him, among other things, without any memory of the guitar and his musical career. With the help of friends, computers, and his old recordings, Martino made a recovery, and learned to play the guitar again. His improvisation method, "Conversion to Minor", is based upon using exclusively minor systems for soloing.

Martino's return to music started once again with the 1987 recording The Return. In 2006, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissued Martino's album East! on Ultradisc UHR SACD. As of 2007, Martino tours worldwide. He was awarded 2004 Guitar Player of the Year, Downbeat Magazine's 2004 Reader's Poll.

Discography

Albums

  • Pat Martino (1966), Vanguard - unreleased LP
  • El Hombre (1967), Prestige
  • Strings! (1967), Prestige
  • East! (1968), Prestige
  • Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) (1968) , Prestige
  • Desperado (1970), Prestige
  • Footprints (1972), 32 Jazz
  • The Visit (1972), Cobblestone
  • Live! (1972), Muse
  • Head & Heart: Consciousness/Live (1972), 32 Jazz
  • Essence (1973), Muse
  • Consciousness (1974), Muse
  • Starbright (1976), Warner Bros.
  • Joyous Lake (1976), Warner Bros.
  • Exit (1977), Muse - MR 5075, recorded February 10, 1976
  • The Return (1987), Muse
  • The Maker (1994), Evidence
  • Interchange (1994), Muse
  • Night Wings (1996), Muse
  • Cream (1997), 32 Jazz
  • All Sides Now (1997), Blue Note
  • Stone Blue (1998), Blue Note - with Joyous Lake
  • Fire Dance (1998), Mythos
  • Comin' and Goin': Exit & the Return (1999)
  • First Light (1999), 32 Jazz - compilation album of Joyous Lake and Starbright
  • Impressions (1999), Camden
  • Givin' Away the Store, Vol. 3 (2000), 32 Jazz
  • The Philadelphia Experiment The Philadelphia Experiment (2001), Ropeadope
  • Live at Yoshi's (2001), Blue Note
  • Think Tank (2003), Blue Note
  • Timeless Pat Martino (2003), Savoy Jazz
  • Starbright/Joyous Lake (2006), Collectables
  • Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (2006), Blue Note

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