Pat Martino - Lean Years

Pat Martino, guitar
Matt King, keyboards
Christian Diener, bass
Wolfgang Haffner, drums

[@joelcatron5261]

No matter how hard I wish , I know there will never be another Pat Martino in my lifetime . I feel very fortunate to have heard his guitar .

[@AlexSosaBolivia]

I saw him play for the first and only time in 2017. Very glad I did.

[@pangeaproxima3681]

@@AlexSosaBolivia We're seeing him now too in this video.

[@jazzhound55]

Isn't he splendidly wonderful?!

[@garykarl2828]

Pat is a master jazz guitarist!!! The whole group is fantastic!!

[@SRVMOE]

The Master !

[@evuono]

My master!

[@hopeclayburnsax9369]

Here after learning of his passing. Legend!

[@joefamily1]

Always come back to Pat, after everybody, what you listen to,

[@pangeaproxima3681]

ok, ok...

[@1tgiuntac395]

There is no other!

[@Tonyjazzy5]

Woaoo!! One of the greatest guitarists, we miss you Maestro!

[@michaelcottrill5814]

South Philly kicking it out out!! See you down town!

[@jonezzjazz]

Thanks for posting.

[@yanghu8134]

my hero❤

[@BernieHollandMusic]

The nature of guitar.

[@batane56]

Pat The Greatest, The Magnifiscent!

[@BLUESGUITAROCKER]

+Seba2013 EL HOMBRE ! Patricio !!!

[@SteveSmith-pr3jw]

El hombre !

[@mindisaction]

Maestro... Swing machine

[@pdpatdeschamps29]

Master Martino!!!

[@MrJazzharmonie1]

The GREAT BIG Master . ..

[@plantpotpeople]

Greatness.

[@danieldacosta8403]

Wonderful!

[@spaa-qw3sj]

Well oiled machine !

[@Rightupbass]

Dirty lowdown stuff here bro. Awesome

[@sumoblues]

Considering how heavy the weight is of his signature guitar, (had the chance to hold one) compared to Pat's physical stature, he is truly remarkable! That axe is a boat anchor compared to most jazz boxes! It's like a Les Paul with f-holes!

[@bigswingface5847]

The body is mahogany and it's chambered, so it's not as heavy as you may think.

[@AlexSosaBolivia]

That Abe Rivera he played in the 80's and 90's was the real chunk.

[@tonyventuro6413]

Pat Martino was a genius

[@45patakira]

Fantastique.

[@user-ni6sr8je2g]

Do you know when this was performed and recorded?

[@MrWrl101]

Rip.

[@ChuckSilva]

SUPERb!!! 0-o

[@jazzman1954]

Who composed this tune?

[@SteveSmith-pr3jw]

This is a Martino composition.

[@fu3ihito]

RIP

[@lionelbiet9233]

Je suis complètement d'accord avec Lionel Biet !!!!... Je ne suis pas Lionel, je n'ai que 30 ans de pratique...

[@golfhajime]

Simply amazing! Terrible camera work, though.

[@marlon1171]

“ lean years”.... what a peculiar title for a song that is....

[@bigswingface5847]

Pat was indeed going through some "lean years" in 1967 in New York when he composed this tune.

[@m.vonhollen6673]

Pat Martino’s “Symmetrical Parental Forms”. This genius saw the Augmented triad and the Diminished 7th chord as the starting points, the “parents”, of other chords/“forms”. 1: Play 554 on GBE for C+ or Caug. LOWER any one of those notes by one fret, and you’ll “parent” 3 different MAJOR chords. RAISE any one of those notes by one fret, and you’ll “parent” 3 different MINOR chords. - So 6 other chords can be formed based on that original Augmented “parent” chord. 2) Play 4545 on DGBE for a Diminished 7th chord (named for any of those notes). Lower any note? Get a Dominant 7th. Raise any note? Half-Dim7 or min7b5. - So 8 other chords “parented” from that one Dim7. - Cool eh? Pat was a genius, and I’ll be spending much time on this magic.

[@pangeaproxima3681]

ok, ok...

[@travelingman9763]

The drummer's cymbal doesn't sound good and I'm a guitarist! Pat is working hard to keep pushing the "bass" and especially drummer! Pat deserves master musicians all the time.

[@capitannemo62]

...a risk he had to run?

[@bigswingface5847]

These guys are great, and the cymbals sounds nice and trashy - - - quite nice indeed.

[@mikek8553]

Santa Claus dammit why aren't they wearing masks

[@vova47]

Pat is great of course, but the band is just OK, no more.