Everything martino does is sophisticated, so the melodic implications here are fairly ornate. Duffau even suggested martinos jazz improvisation participated in cerebral reorganization even before avm bleeding and served as a cognitive rehabilitation following his surgery. Now volume two is here with new ideas and concepts, complete with audio, video, traditional notation and tab throughout. Dec 30, 20 sunny pat martino solo transcription tabbed by sapphire ng sunny pat martino live. Sunny, a song written by bobby hebb in 1963, is one of the most performed and recorded pop songs. As a guitarist who wants to step up a little in musical sophistication this easy to use book has proved to be very useful. When well be together again was recorded in 1976, a 31yearold pat martino was four years away from being operated on for the brain aneurysm that would wipe out his memory. With this book, guitarists can explore the lyrical, melodic style and rapidfire lines that have made martino famous, and play the exact melodies and solos. From his early days of professional performance beginning in 1961, pat has shared the stage with every major jazz figure of our time and has recorded on every major record label including. Born pat azzara in 1944, martino first became interested in guitar at age 12 and by 15, he was playing professionally in local clubs around his hometown of philadelphia. This year, gypsy jazz legend lulo reinhardt returns as guest host.
His harmonic approach and fluid phrasing have had a farreaching influence on many of todays postbop players. His book linear expressions further explores his technique. Martinos 1987 album the return put the jazz world on notice that the guitarist was not only back but also playing better than ever. Pat martino jazz guitar lick sunny solo transcription 4. He is an italianamerican jazz guitarist and composer within the post bop, fusion, mainstream jazz, soul jazz and hard bop idioms. Pat martino pat martino may be the only guitarist who ever learned how to play his instrument twice. The licks in this book are very good and will give you great insight into pats playing. In order to preserve the integrity of what they are trying to offer on the site, john is. Naples music week july 1522 offers jazz, chopin pairs of jazz gigs matched by two chamber music concerts come close to a full house of music in collier county. Feb 19, 2012 in this pat martino guitar lesson, see why and how he thinks of the fretboard as a a matrix or like a compassnorth, east, west, and south. The long awaited play what you hear volume two is now here. I dare say at the time this book was published, maybe pats playing wasnt just as sophisticated as it became in later years.
It has been many years since the first edition of play what you hear originally released in 2000. I would say jazz as well, but jazz is an invisible coat. This lick starts in bb major with a iiv in bb major for the last two measures. Schultz cultural arts hall, oshman family jcc now in its 18th year of touring, international guitar night features celebrated guitarists from across the globe. When the anesthesia wore off, pat martino looked up hazily at his parents and his doctors. Pat martino, guitarist national jazz museum in harlem. An interactive video master class from pat martino. He would play at smalls for six months of the year, and then in the summer play at the club. Kennedy, but also to bobby hebbs brother, who was killed during a mugging on the same day kennedy was murdered november 22, 1963. How to use chromatic ideas in jazz licks the right way jens. Pat martinos the nature of guitar guitar lessons truefire. And i wouldnt rule out my opening the i ching, the book of changes, the sixtyfour hexagrams. Sponsored content is clearly labeled everywhere it appears, and premier. Pat martinos contribution to jazz guitar is profound.
The philadelphia guitarist was also very much at the height of his creative powers a fact thats hard to miss on this excellent session, which 32 jazz reissued on cd in 1998. Pat martino has the not entirely helpful reputation of being a guitarists guitarist, on account of his speed, accuracy and creamysmooth tone. How to use chromatic ideas in jazz licks the right way. Pat martino listen and stream free music, albums, new. The book is equally useful for both students and professional musicians. On, sponsored content refers to articles, videos, or audio recordings that are produced or curated by an advertiser but that premier guitar is happy to share alongside our own editorial content due to the sponsored contents educational, musical, or entertainment value. Pat martino live at lotos jazz festival 2014 veojam.
Martino had suffered a severe brain aneurysm and underwent surgery. He gives some insight into his application of the dorian mode over certain chords, along with licks in standard notation. Jazz pat martino by pat martino instructional book. Guitartist pat martino, who gets equal billing on the cds cover, is allowed little more than rhythm accompaniment throughout. Thomas, which was written by the great sonny rollins, appears on saxophonist eric kloss life forceprestige lp, and was recorded during 67. Kenny burrell and pat martino satin doll performed by howard roberts and. Save an extra 25% off your first order with code ignited and combine with truefire cash for max savings. He began playing professionally at the age of 15 after moving to new york city. The new john handy quintet with bobby hutcherson, pat martino. Pat martinos profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. This book was written before pat suffered his aneurysm, but his concepts are still the same.
The repeated arpeggio pattern outlines an am7 which glances off the passing chords am7, gm7, c7, fmaj7, bm7, e7 to a dense effect. Parker, pat metheny, doug raney, pat martino, and george benson. When the anesthesia wore off, pat martino looked up hazily at his parents and his doctors, and tried to piece together any memory of his life. Heres a cool sequence from pat martinos classic 1972 live take on sunny. He later moved into a suite in the president hotel on 48th street. As a young prodigy, he was highly influenced by the music of wes montgomery but soon forged his own distinctive style. Prepared with love, jazz licks can be used as a dictionary of the language of bebop. The grandnephew of jazz legend django reinhardt, lulo is one of the foremost authentic and distinctive musical voices in gypsy music today. One of the greatest guitarists in jazz, martino had suffered a severe brain aneurysm and underwent surgery after being told that his condition could be terminal.
His occasionally brief solos amount to little more than licks. Transcription pat martino lick from sunny pointy guitar. Legendary jazz guitarist pat martino resides in philadelphia and continues to inspire the jazz world with his mesmerizing facility on the guitar. Pat martino, one of most respected jazz guitarists of his generation was the brightest star at lotos jazz festival 2014 bielska zadymka jazzowa in poland.
This collection of 16 songs from worldrenowned jazz guitarist pat martino features specially selected highlights from his career, transcribed notefornote in standard notation and tab. He performed as a member of his trio together with pat bianchi on hammond organ and carmen intorre on drums. Pat martino tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. Jazz guitar lessons pat martino solo jazz guitar transcription.
However it is extremely short at 16 pages with 14 licks. In other words, being a braindamaged musician may have helped save his life. Pat martino born as pat azzara in philadelphia, august 25, 1944 was first exposed to jazz through his father, who sang in local clubs and studied guitar with eddie. In the case of the guitar, there are many ways of seeing this. Pat martino is one of the greatest players to ever pick up the guitar. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe to my newsletter. And that veil surrounds the instrument theyve chosen to activate in itself. Good for martino fans, although you might want to work elsewhere as there are other lick books available that are better value for money. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. And if the guitarist made his reputation 30 years ago and then vanished, you have a.
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