Search - Artist/Band: Pat Martino

• Name: Pat Martino
• Birthday: 08/25/1944
• Birth Place: Philadelphia, PA
• Decades Active: 1960,1970,1990,2000
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Post-Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Hard Bop
• Moods: Elegant, Intimate, Sophisticated, Earthy, Energetic, Freewheeling, Laid-Back/Mellow, Passionate, Rollicking, Complex, Delicate, Gritty, Playful, Reflective

Title	Release
Starbright/Joyous Lake W	08/08/2006
Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery WA	04/04/2006
Impressions: The Incredible Pat Martino WA	06/07/2005
Giants of Jazz: Pat Martino WA	05/04/2004
Timeless WA	04/08/2003
Think Tank WA	2003
Givin' Away the Store, Vol. 3 WA	03/14/2000
Mission Accomplished WA	09/14/1999
Comin' and Goin': Exit & the Return WA	07/13/1999
First Light WA	02/02/1999
Fire Dance WA	08/18/1998
Stone Blue WA	07/14/1998
Cream WA	10/21/1997
All Sides Now WA	1997
Night Wings WA	02/20/1996
The Maker WA	09/14/1994
Interchange WA	1994
The Return WA	02/1987
Joyous Lake WA	06/1977
Starbright WA	07/1976
Exit WA	02/10/1976
We'll Be Together Again WA	1976
Consciousness WA	10/07/1974
Footprints WA	03/24/1972
Desperado WA	03/1970
Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) WA	06/11/1968
East! WA	01/08/1968
Strings! WA	10/02/1967
El Hombre WA	05/1967

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