Maker

Martino, Pat

Martino, Pat / Maker
Format: CD Album
Released: Thu 20 Apr 1995
Catalogue Number: EVI22121.2

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Description:
Personnel includes: Pat Martino (guitar); James Ridl (piano); Marc Johnson (bass); Joe Bonadio (drums).
As a precocious young talent from Philadelphia, guitar innovator Pat Martino cut his teeth on the chittlin' circuit with a number of top R&B acts and organ trios. Influenced by Johnny Smith and Wes Montgomery, Martino emerged from the 1960s as a major influence himself, inspiring three generations of guitarists with his fleet, bluesy lines, steely articulation, velvety tone and sophisticated harmonic sensibility.
Following an extended recuperation after a nearly fatal brain tumor, Martino concentrated on his writing and arranging, and THE MAKER celebrates the guitarist's return to the jazz scene with his most ambitious work as a composer since BAIYINA--THE CLEAR EVIDENCE, in 1968. So where his first studio album in almost twenty years (INTERCHANGE, on Muse) was a classic hard bop blowing date, THE MAKER finds Martino in a more pensive mood, crafting thoughtful extended forms full of lush harmonic contrasts.
The free-form rhythmic overture of "Noshufuru" invokes James Ridl's orchestral cycles and Martino's complex melodic counterpoint, before breaking into a swinging release. The tension between these two sections inspires Martino to explore crafty, horn-like phrases, before giving way to Ridl's dynamic orchestral embellishments and open-ended variations from bassist Johnson and drummer Bonadio. On "You're Welcome To A Prayer," Ridl's romantic ruminations bracket Martino's poetic interlude in dark, impressionistic splendor. Likewise, "The Changing Tides" offers a discretely swinging harmonic cycle for Martino to craft his long, elliptical lines, while "Yoshiko" is a tender remembrance, full of yearning melodic details. THE MAKER reveals another aspect of Pat Martino, one that lies in considered contrast to the feverish intensity usually associated with his work: a promise of more ambitious, varied recitals.

Details:

  • Discs: 1

Track Listing:

1.  Noshufuru
2.  Youre Welcome to a Prayer
3.  Changing Tides, The
4.  Yoshiko
5.  This Autumns Ours

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