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Pat Martino - East! (1968) MFSL Remastered 2006

Posted By: Designol

Date: 23 May 2023 19:40:44

Pat Martino’s guitar masterpiece. Martino’s long, seamless lines are absolutely extraordinary. Most importantly, he knew how to make the music swing! This is truly one of the most essential jazz guitar albums of all time. Martino’s lines, phrasing and even tone are so unique to the language of jazz that one is left absolutely speechless – some listening experiences defy the parameters of existing vocabulary. MFSL’s GAIN 2 remastering is a serious sonic enhancement of this magnificent album. Track highlights include Martino’s amazing solo on the Coltrane composition “Lazy Bird” and the essential jazz standard “Close Your Eyes.” Not to be missed!

Despite the title and the cover of this CD reissue (which makes it appear that the performances are greatly influenced by music of the Far East), the style played by guitarist Pat Martino's quartet is very much in the hard bop tradition. Martino was already developing his own sound and is in excellent form with pianist Eddie Green, drummer Lenny McBrowne, and either Ben Tucker or Tyrone Brown on bass during two group originals, Benny Golson's "Park Avenue Petite," John Coltrane's "Lazy Bird," and the standard "Close Your Eyes." It's a good example of Pat Martino's playing in his early period.

Review by Scott Yanow, Allmusic.com

I'll try to keep this short, as some of my reviews tend to be somewhat over the top, but it won't be easy. Here goes: I started listening to Pat when I was 16 and just a wanna be guitar kid. I'm now 46, and Pat has been with me the the entire time. The things that most impressed me on the first album I got of Pat's, "Exit", holds true for nearly all of his other work, especially East. His playing, the long , seemless, flowing, rhtymically precise lines were, and still are, absolutely extraordinary. Considering his age at the time of recording youth, (early 20's), he plays as a virtuoso, without hesition, and without showing off. He plays a lot of swing eights, and the music on East really soars, and the bass and drums are right with him, not intrusive, but not invisible.

I like some of the newer, more "fashionably hip" players such as Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and the like, and they, like Pat are signature players, i.e. you know them when you hear them. But among guitar players, speed has become a priority over the other elements of music that Pat had already mastered in his late teens, that is, rhytmic sense, phrasing of passages, melody (not laking in Eric Johnson, just a different sensibility), harmonic structure of solos over chords. Most important, what Pat had the advantage of, and learned very profoundly, was how to make his music SWING. He had a very close mentor-like relationship with Wes Montgomery, was friends with Les Paul, was in bands with the likes of Stanely Turrentine, and many other great jazz men. Most of this happened while he was still in his teens. I think that in part, a substantial part, his trading licks with Wes and friends became central to his own style. Wes and Tal Farlow sure could play fast, but that was never at the expense of the overall sound of the music they were playing. If you listen to some of Wes's or Tal, or Kenny Burrell, e.g. you can hear the swing that started with Charlie Christian, the melodic invention and tasteful speed of Django Reinhardt, and the influences of the great tenor players, s.a. Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, and of course, John Coltrane. Pat was a child of these parents, and went on to develop and refine his own style and sound, which to me, still swings like a good hard bop player should. I highly recommend East and (all of Pat's recordings) Deperado for some early musical gifts from Pat Martino.

Review by Mark A. Daniels, Amazon.com

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Pat Martino - guitar
Eddie Green - piano
Ben Tucker - bass, tambourine (#1)
Tyrone Brown - bass (#1)
Lenny McBrowne - drums

Recorded in New York on January 8, 1968.

Tracklist:

01. East (12:47)
02. Trick (6:59)
03. Close Your Eyes (6:10)
04. Park Avenue Petite (5:51)
05. Lazy Bird (6:29)

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