Live at Yoshi's

Artist: Pat Martino
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724349974920
EAN: 0724349974920
ASIN: B00005KG99

Release Date: 2001-06-19

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Tracks:

Oleo
All Blues
Mac Tough
Welcome To A Prayer
El Hombre
Recollection
Blue In Green
Catch

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Customer Reviews:

Call a Thing What It Is!.......2006-09-01

I started my college career as a music major at a Historically African American University. So I have personal experience with reverse discrimination when it comes to great White players not getting the recognition they deserve in the eyes of African American Musicians/Jazz fans. I have to wonder if that's not what I'm seeing here. Just a thought!

Mention Martino to any of these guys I'm talking about and it's always Wes this and Wes that! Yeah, I know Martino's style very well and he does repeat alot of his licks. He's not always the most lyrical guy in the world either! So he's not perfect! Wow! What a revelation! The fact is that he's earned a right to be a lengend and no one can take that away from him! So there!

Look, I love Wes just a much as the next fan. The problem I have with Wes is that he's dead! There's not likely to be any new Wes Montogomery Live CD's out anytime soon!

I guess I'm sorta like Miles used to be! Like Miles and unlike some people, I can't stand to listen to one rendition of Autumn Leaves after another and another! Much better to listen to someone who is still above ground, working and at least putting out an occasional original composition! Sheesh!

STEF FROM ITALY IS AN IDIOT.......2005-11-25

Personally, I think Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino are both fabulous. To compare them is silly and irrelevant. They are both stupendous musicians. Both have great time, great ideas etc. What's really annoying is idiots like Stef, (see review below). I can't even remember the exact wording of his stupid review, but I seem to recall him typing something like Pat Martino will never fill Wes Montogmery's shoes, and sorry Pat you don't compare (whatever) They both deserve credit for being great players.

Good, but not the best........2004-11-21

First, let me start out by saying that the interplay between the musicians here is fantastic, as has been noted in other reviews.

A previous reviewer compared Martino's performance here to Wes Montgomery. The one difference I find between the two is that Wes had deeper pockets. By that, I mean that you can listen to one of his records and feel like everything is new. He had such a rich internal library of material from which to draw that everything he played sounded fresh. Martino doesn't quite have that here. If I listen to all the cuts on the record in a row, I get the feeling that he is repeating a lot of material. Yes, his improvisational method allows him to take the same riff and use it in many different contexts, but it doesn't make up for the same-ness of it all.

In addition, I don't really like Martino's phrasing here. Some guitarists (Wes, Grant, and Joe Pass come to mind) derive an incredible impact from the placement of every individual note. For me, Martino's phrasing is too uniform throughout the record. He approaches every tune in much the same way. A reviewer here mentioned the cadenza at the end of "All Blues" as an example of Martino's great playing. Yeah, it's harmonically intricate and technically complex, but it just isn't beautiful to me. It doesn't quite match the character of the tune. The same goes for Martino's playing on ballads - it just doesn't seem quite right to me. Sometimes I find myself wishing he would slow down, leave some space, and give every note a chance to speak.

The #1.......2004-07-24

I play a lot, and listen to a lot of jazz, and this is my favorite, and I think the best recording ever. Joey D is my favorite organ player, and Pat is my favorite guitar player, and this is the perfect album. I only wish I had been able to see this trio while it was on tour.

YOU MUST BUY THIS

linc
www.learnjazzguitar.net

best damn jazz ever.......2003-11-28

This is by far, one of the best jazz cd's i've heard in a very long time. I would recommend this CD to anyone. The only downfall, there is only eight songs. I could use a lot more of this.

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