Here and Now!
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Here and Now!

The Autobiography of Pat Martino

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eBook - ePub

Here and Now!

The Autobiography of Pat Martino

About this book

By age 16, Pat Martino was already working as a member of R&B star Lloyd Price's touring musical revue. By age 18, Martino moved to Harlem, where he quickly earned a reputation as a hard-bopping six-stringer with formidable chops through a series of apprenticeships with the likes of honking tenor saxophonist Willis "Gaitor Tail" Jackson and Hammond B-3 organ master Jack McDuff. Martino made his auspicious debut as a leader at age 22 with 1967's El Hombre on Prestige and followed with a string of potent recordings for the label that further established him as one of the most distinctive guitar voices on the jazz scene.

Then, at the peak of his powers, the bottom fell out. In 1980, he underwent surgery as the result of a nearly fatal brain aneurysm. The surgery left him without any memory of the guitar or his musical career. From that point, Martino undertook the long process of recovery, eventually learning how to play the guitar again; but more important, learning to transcend the instrument itself and live his life completely in the moment.

More than just the remarkable story of one of the most original and profoundly influential guitarists in jazz history, this extraordinarily revealing autobiography is also a survival manual, of sorts, in overcoming incredible adversity and learning to live in the here and now.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Exit and Return
  8. Chapter 2: Mickey and Me
  9. Chapter 3: On the Road
  10. Chapter 4: The Kid Branches Out
  11. Chapter 5: Becoming El Hombre
  12. Chapter 6: Baiyina and Beyond
  13. Chapter 7: Consciousness and Live!
  14. Chapter 8: Starbright and Joyous Lake
  15. Chapter 9: Seizures and Surgery
  16. Chapter 10: Recovery and Return
  17. Chapter 11: Rebounding on Blue Note
  18. Chapter 12: Ayako
  19. Chapter 13: Here and Now
  20. Appendix I: Guitar Players’ Testimony
  21. Appendix II: Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery
  22. Appendix III: Pat Martino Master Class, by Jude Gold
  23. Appendix IV: Pat Martino Discography
  24. Photo Insert