Guest Book

Pat's Guest Book archive, December, 1998.

Good on you Pat! I'll be expecting the reissue of Joyous Lake soon. I have been praying for it for AGES! Good luck on your future projects.
jackie villahermosa casten <jvcasten (at) netspace.net.au>
Melbourne, VIC. Australia - Thursday, December 31, 1998 at 02:18:39 (EST)

Dear Mr. Martino: Hello it is Germán and Sebástian from chile again, thanks very much for your E-mail answer. I, German , have studied Jazz Guitar for some years, like a very enyoided hobby, with chilean guitar teachers. My last teacher is a chilean who lived and played in Manhattan for many years, but unfortunately he could not continue with me due to a big sickness, and he showed me a different way of teaching and improvising. Now I want to keep studying!. I would like to know if you think it is possible and if it would be good for me to take classes throught E-mail and mailed tapes with an experienced american teacher. My tendancy of playing is aimed toward your way of playing. I also listen to: Joe Pass, Herb Hellis , Barney Kessel,Wes Montgomery, Howard Alden and others that play in this way; besides the great masters of jazz ( Davis, Ellington , Parker , Coltrane , etc ). So, I would like to know if you make a guitar lessons, and I would like to know you can be my teacher or if you can recomend anyone for me using this same system ( E-mail and Mailed tapes ). Hoping to see and talk with you the 21st January in Birdland, Sincerely and happy new year Germán
Germán Zegers <batane (at) entelchile.net>
Santiago, Chile - Wednesday, December 30, 1998 at 08:41:58 (EST)

Any suggestions for building dexterity and speed other than playing scales? I am collecting some of your old recordings on CD. I had to sell the ones I bought in the 70's to finance a move the the West Coast. I always enjoy your playing. JT
Jim Taylor <Jjt3cgi (at) aol.com>
CA USA - Tuesday, December 29, 1998 at 22:16:01 (EST)

Hi Pat, Why was the album "The Visit" retitled "Footprints"? P.S How many jazz guitarist's does it take to change a lightbulb? Three...one to change it,and two to tell you how much better the old one was! Take care, ...Regards Derek.
Derek J Love <norah.love (at) virgin.net>
Dumfries, Scotland. UK. - Tuesday, December 29, 1998 at 20:25:23 (EST)

Hello Pat, Such a good news that you are coming to France next month. Of course, I will be in Athis Mons for your performance. After Strings!, Desperado, & East I've recently purchased Stone Blue and the 32Jazz reissue of Consciousness & Live! Really amazing. Can't wait to hear the reissue of Joyous Lake. By the way, who will be playing with you on your next performance in France? See you soon, Yvon.
Yvon Le Gall <yvon.legall (at) wanadoo.fr>
Dinard, France - Tuesday, December 29, 1998 at 17:42:20 (EST)

Pat, your (live) solo on "Sunny" years ago changed my life. You and Wes are my all-time favorites! I've met you and seen you and your band twice, at Yoshi's in Oakland and the Fairmont in San Francisco. Someone should write a book about you! Love, Dave
David Harris <dave.harris (at) oak.doe.gov>
Livermore, CA USA - Tuesday, December 29, 1998 at 16:24:23 (EST)

Pat,please come back to Japan as soon as possible!
Naoki <seri (at) gol.com>
Yokohama, Japan - Monday, December 28, 1998 at 23:21:41 (EST)

What else is there to say? Your newest alumn, "Stone Blue," is excellent...It is the first one of your LP's that I have picked up and I can guarantee it won't be the last. Keep crancking it out...
Brad McFaul <bmcfaul (at) rfc.com>
Richfield, MN USA - Monday, December 28, 1998 at 16:48:27 (EST)

Pat, I have been a fan of yours every since I heard you with Willis Jackson. I have seen you numberous times at such places as: The Famous Ballroom (Baltimore) and this past summer in Wilmington Del. at the Clifton Brown Fest. I got a chance to talk with you briefly. I have been playing the guitar for over 30 years. Charlie Christian, Wes, Grant Green, Joe Pass and you are my favorites. Keep searching -- as you know, there is no end. I wish you well.
Robert Whiting <Tennisbuff (at) msn.com>
Mitchellville, Md USA - Saturday, December 26, 1998 at 15:48:03 (EST)

Hi, Pat Martino. How did you come up with 'Passata on Guitar' ? Is it partly improvised? I love it !!!
Daan <Daandenobel (at) hotmail.com>
USA - Saturday, December 26, 1998 at 11:55:01 (EST)

Sending my Christmas Greetings to you and your family...from the Philippines. You are a true great music icon!
Panyo Valiente <panyo (at) skyinet.net>
Iloilo, Philippines - Friday, December 25, 1998 at 02:48:45 (EST)

Dear Velvet Hammer, I am a guitarist, writer and businessman based in Philly, and have had the good fortune of meeting you at Zanzibar (Broad St.), The Blue Moon, and on South outside Bluebond's. I just wanted to let you know once again of yr. profound and spiritual influence on my own composition and pride in living in the city. Much peace and prosperity to you, your wife and family this Winter season.
Ian J. Riddle <minderaser (at) bigfoot.com>
illadelphia, Pa USA - Friday, December 25, 1998 at 01:48:14 (EST)

i discovered what real jazz guitar was when i heard you play thanks for giving me more inspiration, in music and in life.
james raimondi <mabeloo (at) aol.com>
las vegas, nv USA - Thursday, December 24, 1998 at 23:36:40 (EST)

Hi Pat! Just wishing you a very merry Christmas,and to say you are truly the guitarist's guitarist.
Chris Garrington <strat2054 (at) aol.com>
Branford, CT USA - Thursday, December 24, 1998 at 13:10:06 (EST)

Hi Pat! I just wanted to thank you for all music you have created. Joey
Joey Jenkins <njenkins (at) awod.com>
Chas, SC USA - Thursday, December 24, 1998 at 07:34:53 (EST)

Best wishes to Pat and Ayako one year after being your guest for dinner, I have not forgotten! Your 1999 schedule looks productive and hectic, so I wish you both much success and prosperity, and have only to add: next time dinner's on me. Yours warmly, Melanie
Melanie Trumbull
Norristown, PA USA - Wednesday, December 23, 1998 at 16:24:52 (EST)

To everyone who has been so kind in sharing your feelings with us throughout this year, both me and Ayako send you and yours our warmest regards for all of the Holidays you've been celebrating and more than anything, we send each of you our best wishes for 1999; the upcoming New Year!
Mr.& Mrs. Pat Martino
USA - Wednesday, December 23, 1998 at 15:11:07 (EST)

Oh, Mr. Martino: How could I have forgotten-Have the Merriest Christmas and the happiest New Year of them all, Felíz Navidad Señor Martino, Ivan Maraver, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Ivan Maraver <ivan811 (at) icepr.com>
San Juan, PR USA - Tuesday, December 22, 1998 at 20:12:46 (EST)

Dear Mr. Martino: What a great honor just to say hello to such a great artist! I've been listening to your music for over twenty years, still amazes me as if it was the first day. "As time goes by", it only becomes more apparent that true art remains in time and space. Evolution, as well as acquired knowledge, just re-affirms these thoughts. I hope I can catch you playing live sometime. Wishing you a well being life, sincerely yours, Ivan Maraver. San juan Puerto Rico.
Ivan Maraver <ivan811 (at) icepr.com>
San Juan, PR USA - Tuesday, December 22, 1998 at 14:28:40 (EST)

Hi Pat!Thank you for your sound and your love for life.Thank you too for the silences in your music.Can I hope to hear you play in France.At the guitar's masters in Pau for example ? We are a lot of people to enjoy your music here.
Zèrah Francis
Tarbes, France - Tuesday, December 22, 1998 at 09:58:13 (EST)

Hi Pat! As a budding guitarist that has finally got the five G minor patterns in all 12 keys, I'd like to say thank you very much for your input into this persons journey into the single note line. Your patterns are unique creatures and in fact, the only patterns of somebody else's that I've learned. I've just started a journey into Slominsky and having trouble understanding the picture. Still, that's half the fun hey! Good wishes, Theresa
Theresa THERESE <tthere10.scu.edu.au>
USA - Tuesday, December 22, 1998 at 06:52:10 (EST)

Dear Pat, I was thrilled to find out that you will be in Cologne,Germany to do a project w/ Chuck Israels and the WDR Big Band in March 99. You have been one of my most important teachers since the mid-seventies. I have just been selected as the new staff guitarist for the WDR Big Band and really look forward meeting you here. yours, Paul Shigihara
Paul Shigihara <hara (at) pironet.de>
Cologne, Germany - Friday, December 18, 1998 at 21:43:29 (EST)

I have balanced my life between music, and my love for uncrowded, unpolluted country. I love free, original, improvisational music. I really love your playing and feel,and the work also of your bandmates. thank you.
phil beckett <noonmoon (at) hotmail.com>
craig, co USA - Wednesday, December 16, 1998 at 00:37:07 (EST)

Dear Mr. Martino. Our names are Germán Zegers and Sebástian di Girolamo, we are two architects living and working in Santiago, Chile, South America. We love Jazz and specially we prefered to listen to the great masters of Jazz, where of course we include you as of our favorites. I, Germán, play the guitar and my partner Sebástian plays the tenor saxophon. So I have a big brunch of your records and books in which I have used to study(Linear Expressions). For me your are the biggest living guitar player today. We are planning to go to New York from Chile Specially to see you play in Birdland January 21-23 and we would really really like to know if there would be a possibility to have a chance to speak with you. Our best wishes in these Hollidays. Germán and Sebástian P.S. It would make us very happy to receive an E-mail from You.
German Zegers <batane (at) entelchile.net>
Santiago, - Chile - Tuesday, December 15, 1998 at 13:51:37 (EST)

Hello Pat, You may not remember me it has only been once that I was ever in your house for a guitar lesson. In fact, I came from Long Island with a mutual friend, Mr. Stan Wright. I can still remember your words of advice after 15 years. You said "The guitar is a fork, when I'm done eating at the table, I leave it at the table." Thank you Pat. I wish you the best in life. Thank you for adding enjoyment to mine. Deric Tallman
Deric Tallman <Accentvdo (at) aol.com>
Chittenango, NY USA - Saturday, December 12, 1998 at 13:05:08 (EST)

Hi Pat, Cliff in Thailand again. I forgot to mention in my E to you yesterday, in May '97 I suffered a severe concussion in a motorcycle accident in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Had retrograde amnesia over one month and still have trouble with data retrieval, dizziness, vertigo. I was worried I had forgotten Japanese which I speak fluently having lived there 20+ years. Music has helped in process of recovery and I've been on an endless tour since March 98 year, mostly performing outdoor concerts near Laotian /Cambodia border areas with top ranked singer from that area, a lady named JINTARA PUNLARP. It'a a huge gypsy traveling caravan affair, over 100 performers, 40 female dancers, 10 singers, 10 comedians, 10 piece band,power generator trucks, even the sheet metal walls that are used to erect each night's outdor 'venue' are carried in trucks, a completely mobile unit. We sleep on floors in Thai temples,or outside in fields, bathe from well water, hunt and eat insects considered delacacies. A very humbling experience indeed. And I am the first foreigner to enter this cultural field called MORLAM. Also forgot to write I too was born Aug 25 (1951). Into the light, cliffedge
Cliff Woolley <cliffcam (at) hotmail.com>
Thailand - Thursday, December 10, 1998 at 05:36:02 (EST)

I recently graduated from ROWAN UNIVERSITY, were I recieved a degree in Music Education/Performance on Classical Guitar. While attending Rowan I've had a chance to experience some teaching from Dennis Diblasio and many other Jazz faculty staff members. I also have studied an am still currently studying w/ A jazz guitarist, JOSEPH FEDERICO, who actually studied with Dennis Sandole. Since Philadelphia isn't that far away and I travel there once in awhile, I was wondering if I could schedule a lesson with you. As I am a teacher myself, I encourage my students not only to study with me, but seek knowledge from other players also. I hope to hear from you. Thanks Pat, and GOD bless.
Greg Janicki <gj7star (at) bellatlantic.net>
Collingswood, NJ USA - Wednesday, December 09, 1998 at 18:09:21 (EST)

Hello Pat, I recall in early 70's I contacted you from Los Angeles. You had replied to a letter I wrote you and included your tel number. I phoned, we spoke, then met when you played the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach. Since then my destiny has taken me far - over 20 years in Japan, recently 2 years in Cambodia, now 1 year in Thailand where I am with the #1 ranked singer of Thai/Lao tian music called MORLAM. I'm the only foreigner to have entered this musical /cultural world and I'm having a great time, concerts nightly, mostly in remote outdoor locations way out near Laotian /Cambodian border. Will send you sample tapes of this genre, it's amazing. I recently saw one of your later CD's and noticed you used Delmar on it. I haven't seen him in years, since the Bush Rock days. Please let me know how I can contact him. E me at cliffcam (at) hotmail.com URL http://home.earthlink.net/~cliffedge warm regards
Cliff Woolley <cliffcam (at) hotmail.com>
Thailand - Wednesday, December 09, 1998 at 13:17:06 (EST)

Hi Pat - I'm following up on meeting with you - would like to study to get as much proper direction in the early stages of my playing as possible. Thanks, Tom Erba
Tom Erba <terba (at) mediaone.net>
Marina Del Rey, CA USA - Wednesday, December 09, 1998 at 12:30:46 (EST)

Need to get some of your tapes cd's. Not available in Dubai where i currently work Please advise Regards Shad
Shadwell Fernandez <shadwellf (at) hotmail.com>
Bombay, Maharashtra India - Tuesday, December 08, 1998 at 10:13:21 (EST)

Dear Pat, I wonder if you have ever considered creating an all solo guitar project. I enjoy a lot of your music, and one of my favorite all time cuts is "Passata for Guitar" from the Consciousness album. There is something very deep about that cut. And the other solo cuts you have done are very beautiful...Both sides Now, Country Road, and that long one which i believe is on Starbright...I can't remember the name of the cut...anyways, I just want to tell you how much I would love to have an all solo guitar album...the scant amount of solo cuts are so good...it seems there could be much more...Thank you so much your music...it has really enriched my life...Jory Kahn
Jory Kahn <jorman (at) connectexpress.com>
Seattle, WA USA - Monday, December 07, 1998 at 00:36:06 (EST)

Although the news of your illness came very late to me,it is during a chat with George Benson that I learned of your succesful recovery.Your music was and is a great influence on my playing.Hope to see you in Montreal one day. Federico.11147 Tanguay Montreal,Quebec H3L 3H4 514-334-4294
Federico Zamarripa
Montreal, pq Canada - Sunday, December 06, 1998 at 16:52:54 (EST)

Pat, you are god. I just began listening to your music, along with exporing your theoretical concepts. Being a guitar player, I've done my best to stay away from listening to the guitar too much. I've been checking out a lot of trane. Your style is that which I've been looking for. Though there are many amazing player on record, your lines have something inexpressable in words. Thank you. Write me. Thank you.
Tom <2opi1ate3 (at) mailexcite.com>
Danbury, CT USA - Saturday, December 05, 1998 at 18:52:54 (EST)

just wanted to say hi Pat, we finished our guitar lesson; looking foward to seeing you at birdland in January.
Ed Russell and Elmo <elmo13911 (at) aol.com>
NYC, ny USA - Friday, December 04, 1998 at 15:35:32 (EST)

Hello, Pat, my name is Tom Erba - I suffered a severe cerebral contusion from an attack 4 years ago - in my recovery I have started to play the guitar - it is my direction. I'd really like to meet you, study, and talk. I will make the arrangements when your time and schedule allows. Thanks, Pat -Tom
Tom Erba <terba (at) mediaone.net>
Marina Del Rey, CA USA - Friday, December 04, 1998 at 03:14:03 (EST)

mr. Martino- i am a guitarist and a great admirer of your work. i am also currently a graduate student at rutgers-newark in the m. a. of jazz history program and am working on my thesis on four organ players, among them, don patterson and jack mcduff. i am just beginning on my research on these subjects and humbly wonder if i could interview you at some point on your experiences in these and other organ groups. after this project, i am planning to write on early free jazz guitar players and would also love to include your input on this subject as well. glad to know you're back on track making beautiful and awe-inspiring music. peace javier
javier gonzalez <javier (at) cyberwar.com>
cliffside park, nj USA - Friday, December 04, 1998 at 01:57:17 (EST)

The November guestbook has been archived. Thanks
Jack <jackjez (at) patmartino.com>
USA - Tuesday, December 01, 1998 at 22:34:38 (EST)

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