Pat Martino: All Sides Now
Pat Martino: All Sides Now
Selection #: 37627 -
Release Date: 8/26/97 - Label: Blue Note |
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Track Listing
Too High - (with Charlie Hunter)
Two Of A Kind - (with Tuck Andress)
Progresion - (with Kevin Eubanks)
I'm Confessin' That I Love You - (with Les Paul)
Ellipsis - (with Joe Satriani)
Both Sides Now - (with Cassandra Wilson)
Ayako - (with Mike Stern)
Two Days Old - (with Michael Hedges)
Outrider - (with Mike Stern)
Never And After - (with Joe Satriani)
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Pat Martino's 1997
album All Sides Now features performances by (among others) Les Paul, Mike Stern,
Tuck Andress, Joe Satriani, Michael Hedges, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Eubanks
and Cassandra Wilson. Here's an excerpt from the Blue Note press release (or click here
for the full press relase):
After the Los Angeles studio dates, Martino traveled
north to the seaside town of Mendocino where guitarist Michael Hedges has his home studio.
This was a special rendezvous for Martino. Years earlier before his brain aneurysms had
been diagnosed, he spent a period of time in locked psychiatric wards undergoing shock
therapy to alleviate the memory loss and severe headaches he was suffering. "My
friendship with Michael goes back to that crucial time in my life. He used to come into
the ward where I was confined and play his guitar for me. I don't think Michael ever
thought we'd play together let alone record together. Doing this session was a major
breakthrough in our relationship. It was a dream come true to work with him."
The pair duet on Hedges' "Two Days Old," a
pensive piece from his album Aerial Boundaries. [Correction
Breakfast in the
Field.Ed.] Martino plays one of Hedges' nylon-stringed guitars while Hedges
plays steel-stringed acoustic. The number is a jewel of virtuoso guitar playing. While in
Northern California, rock guitarist Joe Satriani traveled to Hedges' studio and recorded
two songs with Martino. "Ellipsis" features gripping rock-edged and blues-tinged
improvisations while the end track of the CD, "Never and After,"is a calming
tune with ripples of guitar beauty. "I had no idea that Joe was interested in my
music and my style of guitar playing," Martino says. "We hit it off and
improvised with dignity, even though we're from two different polarities."
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