RIP Pat MARTINO

[Gregc57]

another Great, gone~

 

[Carl Hillman]

Pat Martino, Philly jazz guitar great, has died

"Consciousness" and "Joyous Lake" were huge for me back when I was in high school. And, the story of his relearning how to play was incredibly inspiring.

Thanks for the music, Pat. See you on the next plane.

 

[IamGroot]

Dorian

 

[WillieB]

RIP Very sad.

 

[slagheap]

So sad. He's gone through the special door. I remember the first time I dropped the needle on this vinyl:

 

[scobis215]

RIP… had the pleasure of seeing him more than once at Chris Jazz Cafe in Philly. Usually around Thanksgiving. A jaw dropping player to watch and always very nice to say hello to him and his wife.

 

[jerry]

 

[slagheap]

 

[thmsjordan]

I really adore this guy's playing. His approach, phrasing, tone, and sensitivity are just stellar and he will be missed. Like another poster said:

"This one hurts".

 

[slagheap]

That was when he was living on espresso and those non-filter Pall Malls.

 

[scobis215]

That real book clip… Love the way he expresses polarity and being only in the present after his aneurism. It may be a point in life thing… but when he talks about his amnesia in various interviews and how it was something he was grateful for because he didn’t have the weight of the past or the idea of what the future should be… i almost get jealous only half understanding what he meant.

 

[JimK]

PM lived behind my aunt & uncle in south Philly. A couple of my earliest Jazz albums (given to me by my uncle) were The Visit & Consciousness .
I blew my chance to meet Pat...in the mid-'90s, I'm in Philly for family matters; I am sitting in the living room with Sony Discman headphones on...my uncle is calling me from the alley, can't hear him, he & Pat were outside talking...anyway, I was given this-

 

[JimK]

My copy of The Visit (reissued later as Footprints)-

 

[slagheap]

 

[JimK]

I can recall buying this album & being taken aback...this is the same guy from those other 2 albums?!?
I remember my uncle was not a fan of PM's more electric direction.

 

[JimK]

From the early 2000s...still putting out cool stuff. Killer line-up, too.

 

[jerry]

I can recall buying this album & being taken aback...this is the same guy from those other 2 albums?!?
I remember my uncle was not a fan of PM's more electric direction.

I remember Joyous Lake not being embraced by a lot people/critics, it even had a rock producer, Paul Rothchild.

 

[Bob_Ross]

I can recall buying this album & being taken aback...this is the same guy from those other 2 albums?!?
I remember my uncle was not a fan of PM's more electric direction.

Joyous Lake is one of my Desert Island Discs for sure; hugely influential on my teenage brain!

I remember Joyous Lake not being embraced by a lot people/critics

When I was an undergrad at Berklee I took a creative writing class as one of my academic prerequisites that was about writing music criticism...record reviews, basically. One of the albums we had to review for the class was Martino's Joyous Lake. I was shocked when it turned out I was the only person in the entire class who wrote a positive review! There's no accounting for taste


Speaking of Joyous Lake does anyone know whatever became of bassist Mark Leonard? Seems like a one-and-done guy, I haven't been able to find any other recordings he ever appeared on.

 

[DrayMiles]

I’m going to add something…

He was the nicest person I’ve spoken to…

He was funny and patient. He gave me his home number, but I only called once. I didn’t feel worthy to be speaking to him.
His passing is especially sad to me. He really was a kind soul, and this is very upsetting… We have truly lost a giant and an iconic figure in my opinion…

 

[jerry]

Joyous Lake is one of my Desert Island Discs for sure; hugely influential on my teenage brain!



When I was an undergrad at Berklee I took a creative writing class as one of my academic prerequisites that was about writing music criticism...record reviews, basically. One of the albums we had to review for the class was Martino's Joyous Lake. I was shocked when it turned out I was the only person in the entire class who wrote a positive review! There's no accounting for taste


Speaking of Joyous Lake does anyone know whatever became of bassist Mark Leonard? Seems like a one-and-done guy, I haven't been able to find any other recordings he ever appeared on.

I see some studio credits on Leonard, but not much. I listened to Joyous Lake yesterday and to me, it has a band feel, you can tell it wasn't just Martino and some studio cats.