Friday 12 February 2010

Pat Martino - Live At Yoshi's (2000)


01.Oleo
02.All Blues
03.Mac Tough
04.Welcome to a Prayer
05.Hombre, El
06.Recollection
07.Blue in Green
08.Catch.




Pat Martino (guitar)
Billy Hart (drums)
Joey DeFrancesco (organ).
Recorded live at Yoshi's, Oakland, California from December 15-17, 2000.

3 comments:

  1. LIVE AT YOSHI'S was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group. "All Blues" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.

    Pat Martino's career has been marked by serious health problems. However, with each passing year, he continues to fight the odds and make forward-looking statements in jazz. LIVE AT YOSHI'S is no exception to this. Throughout the years, Martino fans have come to expect blindingly fast, virtuosic bop solos from him. These he delivers on all eight tracks. In fact, we hear inspired, spontaneous performances by all three musicians on this disc.

    This live 2000 concert date sees Martino in great form. His playing is heartfelt and, as usual, he dazzles the crowd with outstanding harmonic ingenuity. Joined by organ phenom Joey DeFrancesco and veteran drummer Billy Hart, Martino performs a variety of tunes including Miles Davis's "All Blues" and the lush Bill Evans/Miles Davis Ballad "Blue in Green." Uptempo burners such as Sonny Rollins' "Oleo" and Martino's own "Catch" display the true improvisational prowess of this jazz power trio.

    Recorded live at Yoshi's, Oakland, California from December 15-17, 2000.

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  2. Qué alegría Maestro!!! Qué alegría!!! Cuando entro al Gato y veo que en el listado de blogs se habían actualizado las viejas y queridas Cintas... Ojalá todo esté bien. Un abrazo!

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