Part One: Melody
Focuses on single note soloing. Learn how to effortlessly solo through complex chord changes.
Pat Martino
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 1999 by Mission Accomplished.
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