Pat Martino
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American jazz guitarist and composer (1944–2021)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pat Martino is referenced by 418 other articles, and connects out to Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and jazz.
It sits within the topics 1944 births, 2021 deaths and 20th-century American guitarists.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Pat Martino - Guitar Anthology
- Jazz - Pat Martino
- The Best of Pat Martino
- Formidable
- Linear Expressions Pat Martino
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944-08-25
- Active to
- 2021-11-01
Discography
- El Hombre1967
- Baiyina: The Clear Evidence1968
- East!1968
- Strings!1968
- Desperado1970
- The Visit!1972
- Consciousness1974
- Joyous Lake1976
- Starbright1976
- We’ll Be Together Again1976
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 178,229
- Total plays
- 1,376,547
Tags
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 that 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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- South Philadelphia
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- soul jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.patmartino.com
- Image
- Pat Martino.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pat Martino
- date of birth
- 1944-08-25
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-11-01
- birth name
- Patrick Carmen Azzara
- name in native language
- Pat Martino
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
Sources (8)
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