Pat Martino / Strings! 1967

1. Strings 2. Minority 3. Lean Years 4. Mom 5. Querido

Personnel: Pat Martino (guitar) Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone, flute) Cedar Walton (piano) Ben Tucker (bass) Dave Levin, Ray Appleton (percussion) Walter Perkins (drums). Recorded in New York City on October 2, 1967.

Review by Scott Yanow
Guitarist Pat Martino's second recording as a leader (which has been reissued on CD) finds him essentially playing advanced bop. His quintet (with Joe Farrell on tenor and flute, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Walter Perkins) really roars on an uptempo version of "Minority" and is diverse enough to come up with meaningful statements on four of Martino's originals.

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Strings - 1967