Guest Book Archives, July 2001

Pat's Guest Book archive, July, 2001.

I cant wait until the transcription section is available especially for the album "FOOTPRINTS" . So Glad to see and hear you are touring again. Much appreciation, Matthew
Matthew Concha <tenfold_us (at) yahoo.com>
dallas, tx usa - Monday, July 30, 2001 at 20:26:53 (EDT)

I would like to relate my recent experience of buying the new album "Live at Yoshi's". I was so excited to hear you did an organ trio album with Joey that I rushed to the record store after work and plopped down my money. I couldn't believe that Pat was in the popular section above where they put all the regular records at Tower. I listened to a little of it in my van, but hadn't eaten all day, so when I went into a local cafe I had to bring the cover to peruse the liner notes. The thing I was taken by was the length of the songs. Pat, great job! I’ll bet getting the record company to sign off on that was a real chore. Hopefully with the success of the album more people will get brave enough (and be able) to try what you did. Thanks a lot Pat. We love ya, man.
leroyHenry <medianuveau (at) netscape.net>
san diego, ca usa - Monday, July 30, 2001 at 19:23:32 (EDT)

The phone # for catalina's in south hollywood is 323.466.2210. The area code on Pat's site is incorrect. See you there!
leroyHenry <medianuveau (at) netscape.net>
san diego, CA SD - Monday, July 30, 2001 at 19:09:44 (EDT)

William (Jesset), ....... Thank's so much for your comments; especially regarding the "Agora" in Cleveland. It brings back some great memories. As far as L.A. and a Clinic, the answer is yes. I'll be giving a clinic at Sam Ash's in Hollywood on Sunday, (August 12th, 2001) beginning at 4:00 PM. The location is: Sam Ash / 8000 Sunset Blvd. / Los Angeles, CA (Hollywood). The number to call for additional information is: (323) 654-4922 Ext. 2. I'll look forward to seeing you there........ Cheers! ....... Pat
Pat Martino
USA - Monday, July 30, 2001 at 15:02:39 (EDT)

Pat, Thanks so much for coming to UK ... at last :-) You were... wonderful. Your last night at the Pizza... was wonderful. Don't leave it so long next time. Chrissie x
chrissiemurray <chrissiemurray (at) hotmail.com>
London, UK - Sunday, July 29, 2001 at 19:45:54 (EDT)

Live at Yoshi's is in my opinion one of the finest jazz guitar albums ever. As a guitarist who has played for 37 of his 43 years I truly appreciate this album from both the technical and aesthetic mastery it contains. Pat, I am looking forward to FINALLY meeting you in LA at Catalina's... Thank you for your wisdom, inspiration, and music!!! David Marcus
David Marcus
- Saturday, July 28, 2001 at 04:25:55 (EDT)

Pat, will see you soon in LA. How about having one of you music/life seminars for us in LA. I/we would like to see you again in that context. This time I won't waste everyones time with "what scales over what chords" questions like I did as a kid in Cleveland Ohio in the 70's. Ha Haa. That time I was so in awe of you that when we broke for lunch I stopped to say how much I dug your music/playing that my voice didn't work and all you heard was a raspy "M-M-Mr. M-M-Mar-t-i-n-o. Ha Haa. You didn't brush me off or make light of my youthfull blunder, instead you were kind and gracious. I was at the time dissapionted in my introduction in that it didn't seem to make the impression I was hoping to make. I then realized that it seemed that I was the only person that tried to make that one on one connection with you and that it didn't matter that I was I kid from Cleveland with a Harmony guitar that was just beginning music/life, but that what's really important is heart and you made it seem that you also made that connection when you took the time to answer my questions that maybe the others were maybe afraid to ask or already knew. But you were patient and you made it seem that nothing was unimportant and that the answer to all the questions lay within ourselves and that what more valid that being the hot guitarplayer from anywhere,U.S.A. Anyway you took the time with each and everyone of us and stayed so long as to almost miss your gig at the "Agora" in Cleveland 20-30 miles away that night. That was a great experience and I still tell the "raspy voice/butterflys in the stomach feeling" about meeting you . Thanks ,Pat for being beautiful. See Ya in the city of angels Aug. 7-12. P.S. please think about the seminar O.K? It would be great for those that haven't had a chance to meet you as well as for those that have. William Jesset jessetjazz (at) hotmail.com
william jesset <jesset jazz (at) hotmail.com>
santa monica, ca usa - Friday, July 27, 2001 at 00:15:02 (EDT)

Pat, Will you be giving a seminars in the Boston area anytime soon? I know you'll be here at the Regatta Bar in November and at ButterNut too, would is be possible to get a private lesson? I am willing to pay whatever you want. I'm currently taking private lessons from Bruce Bartlett (Berkley Professor who's studies under Scofield and Stern). You are my biggest jazz inspiration. If you have anytime available over here, it would make my life. Any case, you are a true inspiration.
sean kelleher <seankelleher (at) mediaone.net>
salem, ma usa - Thursday, July 26, 2001 at 18:54:40 (EDT)

Hey Pat! I'm a 15 year old musician that's just starting to take to jazz...I love your stuff man, I listen to el Hombre every day and yet each time I listen I hear something new. I play the Tenor banjo all over the country, and Bass in orchestras all over too. I've recently gotten into jazz, and i love listening to guys like Django,Wes,tal farlow,Mingus,my friend Mike Wheeler in houston,ron carter, and of course you!!!! so thanks for all the jazz you bring to people like me... Tyler
Tyler Jackson <Tylerjackson234 (at) aol.com>
Houston, TX USA - Thursday, July 26, 2001 at 16:44:34 (EDT)

Dear Eric (Haas), .... it was a real pleasure to find out that you've enjoyed "Live at Yoshi's"; especially since there is no saxaphone on that particular date. It's quite a compliment; ....... thanks! As to a word of advice, ....... I'm sure that you're fully aware of how important, as well as difficult it is to survive in this world. The music business is just another craft, and like all of the others, it contains lots of disappointment as well as endless fulfillment ............ (and even then, successful moments sometimes contain disappointing elements). Throughout everything that takes place in the process itself, we're always left with an internal question; ............ "Did I do the best I could have done?" The answer shall always produce Self Esteem, ..... or the lack of it; ....... That Is The Instrument! .......... not the guitar, not the saxaphone, or any of the others. It's the joy that takes place when you open your eyes each day and decide that everything will be done the best that you can. Frustration, ... that's a necessity for you to feel, as the source for gaining Patience, as well as other precious virtues. We're all extreme beginners and we'll never be too great to interupt the learning process; especially about ourselves! You will definitely find your own voice, not only on tenor saxaphone, but in many other ways and I hope throughout all of this you continue to be the gentleman that you are. All of my Best Wishes, ........ Pat.
Pat Martino
USA - Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 16:23:59 (EDT)

Dear Engé, it's a pleasure to read your lovely comments. I send my thanks for the support you've given. Regarding your description of the duet album, its title is: "We'll Be Together Again". I'm featured on guitar and Gil Goldstein on electric piano. It was originally recorded on Muse Records in New York City around 1976. It's been reissued and is available on the following labels: 1998 on "32 Jazz" and 1999 on "SME / Japan". As mentioned at the bottom of "Discography" (in the left hand column of the menu) it should be available through CD Now and 32 Records; both found on the internet. I hope this has been of some help. Most of all, it's been a pleasure to take the time needed to share a moment with you and give you thanks for your support! All of my best wishes, ....... Pat.
Pat Martino
USA - Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 10:50:26 (EDT)

I am a french fan of Pat Martino since I am 12 years old. I have all the c.d's but i search one in wich Pat Martino is playing only with a second musician at the electric piano. I've heard this beautifull album on the radio and i try to find it. Please, help me to find this tresor !
Engé Helmstetter <www.appona.org>
Strasbourg, France - Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 08:11:16 (EDT)

hey pat, listening to live at yoshis which i picked up today. beautiful c.d. youre an inspiration to musicians. i am a beginner on tenor sax and a jazz fan. any advice for an extreme beginner? im just learning how to play and read music. its such a joy to pick up the instrument...but sometimes im frustrated that im not learning fast enough.please respond if you can. im a great fan of trane...who i first heard as a teenager. but i want to find my own voice on tenor. thanks and keep up the beautiful sound! thanks eric haas
eric haas <www.ehaas510.com>
naples, fl usa - Monday, July 23, 2001 at 17:26:42 (EDT)

Dear Pat I am so grateful that you survived that illness that you went thru a few years ago. I was told about it by a friend of yours Bucky Barret several years ago. huge fan of yours and have been listening to you for years. You were in our prayers for gods healing and well everyone knows the rest of that story. I have been listening to your playing for years and absolutely love it, it is very unique. I have all of your videos and go home almost everyday and, I like to call it work out with them. There is so much to be learned from them and they are in a very understandable format THANKS.. Your new live record is Killer I can't quit listening to it or fro that matter anything else you've ever done. Keep up the great work come to Nashville so I can come out to hear you play, and God Bless. AL
Alton Ward jr <Mward (at) Boultcummings.com>
Nashville, tn - Monday, July 23, 2001 at 13:36:52 (EDT)

Dear Mr. Martino, I am a guitar player, thank you for your jazz style. When I heard you for first time, I could not play my guitar for a week, it was when my teacher Steve Brown from the Ithaca School Music of New York gave me a copy of "We´ll be together again". I have been studying the style for more than ten years and I have no words to discribe your style, just saying, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MUSIC, DON´T STOP. Juan J. Gómez Cartagena, Spain
Juan J. Gómez <jjgomez (at) cee-english.com>
Cartagena, Spain - Monday, July 23, 2001 at 11:50:40 (EDT)

Pat, I'd like to thank you for your music, let me explain. Once I got into jazz, I became sick of all the conceited guitarists of the music world. They just bragged on about their pentatonic licks or their detuned guitars. They have no appreciation for music, they can't even read music. I wanted to switch to a more stereotypical jazz instrument out of the frustration of my guitarist peers. Instead I found your music. I had never heard jazz guitar like yours, it is on another level where you are not a guitarist but a musician, a jazz musician. I am 16 and have been studying music for the past six years and jazz guitar for the past year. Six months ago I started my own little trio and we play at all the resturants arond the area. Thanks for the music. Keep on swingin' Jerry
Jerry D'Agostino <jazzmanjerry (at) hotmail.com>
Toms River, NJ US - Thursday, July 19, 2001 at 13:01:49 (EDT)

The new live CD is great. Some of the best jazz i have heard in years.
edward smith <esmith3792 (at) aol.com>
baltimore, md USA - Thursday, July 19, 2001 at 09:53:07 (EDT)

pat: was hangin' with chester the other day..... you so bad...they ain't a word for it!!!!!!
doodah
- Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at 16:05:18 (EDT)

my favorite two records the summer of 1977 was freefall by the dixie dregs, and joyous lake by pat martino. i love these lp/cd to this day, pat is a monster player and composer, those chops are so fluid and flowing.he is one with the guitar and i always listen and go , damn , how in the hell can play like that. gill vanderlip
gill vanderlip <moonridge13 (at) carolina.rr.com>
charlotte, nc usa - Monday, July 16, 2001 at 21:46:50 (EDT)

Pat, thankyou so much for your music.I play bass in a blues band, but find coming home from a gig and putting on one of you cd's is so nice, like decompressing. I hope someday you'll make it to Tampa, I'd love to see a live performance, and you have more music come available for all of us to enjoy. Thanx Rik
Rik Kurtz <rik1 (at) mindspring.com>
Tampa, floida USA - Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 16:57:02 (EDT)

Hello again Pat, Looking forward to your engagement at "catalina's" here in L.A. upon your return to the states. Will you be planing to hold any seminars while you're here in L.A. I enjoyed them so much in the past, I'm hoping to see you again in that teaching context as well as seeing you play live which is allways mind blowing in itself. Possibly you might come see us here at Santa Monica College. Let us Know "whats happening" O.K.? The best to you. William Jesset P.S. anyone out there would like to discuss/ Play /music, I'm at Jessetjazz (at) hotmail.com
william jesset <jesset jazz (at) hotmail.com>
santa monica, ca usa - Saturday, July 14, 2001 at 17:41:29 (EDT)

Something else I've noticed about Pat's playing on Live At Yoshi's. Pat does this thing in some of his solos where he repeats the same small riff over and over again like he's winding something up and then there is this incredible release where the music just flies. Kind of like shifting into 5th gear after wrapping out 4th for a few extra minutes. Listen to the solos on Oleo and All Blues for instance. Very cool effect. Reminds me of when I was a kid and had those balsa wood rubberband gliders. You wind up the propellar and when it's really tight you let it go and it just sails! I don't usually hear this technique in his studio stuff. Love it all! Any Arizona fans out there intested in traveling to LA with me in August to see Pat?
Mark <Major7b5 (at) hotmail.com>
Tucson, AZ USA - Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at 12:18:24 (EDT)

Dear Mr Azzara, I thank you so much for your "really happening" performance at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, London. Throughout the show my spine have been shaking for joy & happiness brought from your flawless play! I also thank you for giving me one of your picks: it really is an "extra heavy" treasure for me. I will keep it for the rest of my life. Please give my biggest regards to your wonderful wife Ayako. I truly hoping to see you again in very near future (maybe at Tokyo Blue Note in Sep. or Oct.?).
Kazz Nakai <londongentleman (at) hotmail.com>
London, United Kingdom - Monday, July 09, 2001 at 18:51:33 (EDT)

PAT...I'VE SEEN YOU PERFORM 8 TIMES OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES...ONCE IN BUFFALO, ONCE IN SAN DIEGO, AND 6 TIMES HERE IN NYC AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU..THAT SHOW AT BIRDLAND JUNE 30TH TOPPED THEM ALL!! THANKS AGAIN!!!
Chris Saunders <csaunders4 (at) compuserve.com>
NY, NY USA - Monday, July 09, 2001 at 16:49:53 (EDT)

Pat, I really loved your show at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. I'm so glad I got to see you, again. It was an honor to get to meet you privately, again. It had been 20 years since I studied with you at Musician's Institute. I hope you enjoyed my CD. You have been an inspiration to me over the years, and I thank you.
Ken Mathis <Kgtrplyr (at) aol.com>
Council Bluffs, IA - Friday, July 06, 2001 at 11:58:52 (EDT)

Pat, You have been one of the biggest influences in my musical developement and I thank you for your great contribution to music. May God continue to richly bless you and yours!
Frank Axtell <soundscape (at) aol.com>
West Palm Beach, FL U S A - Thursday, July 05, 2001 at 13:56:59 (EDT)

HI PAT: I'VE BEEN ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS AND PROMOTERS SINCE THE MIDDLE 1960's.I HAVE BEEN A GUITARIST AND TEACHER FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND AM ORIGINALLY FROM DES MOINES, IOWA. I BELIEVE YOU ARE ACQUAINTED WITH ONE GUITAR PLAYER AND FORMER STUDENT OF MINE NAMED JOHN ALBAUGH. I PLAYED FOR YEARS IN THE 60's AND 70's WITH AN ORGANIST YOU MET RECENTLY IN IOWA CITY NAMED SAM ANTHONY (SALAMONE). I AM WITHOUT A DOUBT YOUR BIGGEST AND PROBABLY OLDEST FAN AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY MEET YOU IN PERSON. TAKE CARE AND KEEP ON KEEPIN ON! SINCERELY, DON HUBBARD aka DON ARCHER
DON HUBBARD aka DON ARCHER <DONHUBBARDSWCS>
TUCSON, AZ USA - Thursday, July 05, 2001 at 13:33:51 (EDT)

Hi Pat, Your latest CD sounds great ! Your version of "Oleo" is a masterpiece. I'm listening to it as I type this. Inspiring stuff. All the best, Jimm
Jimm Hickey <jimhickey (at) earthlink.net>
New York, NY USA - Tuesday, July 03, 2001 at 23:59:45 (EDT)

The June 2001 guestbook has been archived. Enjoy!
Richard <Webmaster (at) PatMartino.com>
Lambertville, NJ USA - Tuesday, July 03, 2001 at 17:35:55 (EDT)

hi im interested in music therepy also i have been studing muisic since i was 8 years old im now 27.i started studying healing therepys due to an illness i was blessed with at the age of 21.im interested in the fact.achievment only becomes true after it is a reality.i stand tall and proud in the fact that the nature of my illness was misunderstood.it it was societies misunderstanding of my illness that has set me free from my own illusion although it is tough at times all my love and blessings stephen brady
stephen brady <glasmor (at) hotmail.com>
dublin, ireland - Tuesday, July 03, 2001 at 14:50:50 (EDT)

Folks, I am still playing the heck out of Live At Yoshi's. Someone below said "Burnin'" This is the most Burnin' CD my ears have ever heard. However, there is one moment on this CD that approaches, perhaps attains or becomes perfection. The transition from Joey's solo back to Pat (those first five notes he plays) on Welcome To A Prayer is simply breathtaking, a manifestation of the Divine (no pun intended) and I mean that seriously. This disc continues to blow me away. There is much to discover here.
Mark Taylor <Major7b5 (at) hotmail.com>
Tucson, AZ USA - Tuesday, July 03, 2001 at 11:19:31 (EDT)

Congratulations on "Live at Yoshi's", the CD is just burnin'. This is a wonderful recorded document of an oustanding group. Thank you for taking time to talk to me during the Iridium shows this past May. The Sunday show (1st set) was just outstanding. Your version of "These Are Soulful Days" was going through my head for days on end. Looking forward to hearing you at the Regattabar in November. By the way%
Bill Jenison <billjen (at) meganet.net>
Mansfield, MA USA - Monday, July 02, 2001 at 19:50:21 (EDT)

Today I had the opportunity to hear your play at the Iowa City Jazz Festival.Alas,your schedule did not allow us to tell you in person following the performance...so,this is the next best opportunity to say thank you for the wonderful music you share with us.
Deborah <Della52 (at) aol.com>
Altoona, Ia. USA - Sunday, July 01, 2001 at 23:58:48 (EDT)

Hey Pat, I am 16 and have been a guitar student for 9 years. Love your music. I want to become a very good jazz musician. Jazz has been a very important part of my life. I hope I could get to meet you someday. I like your Nightwings cd best. Jarett DeSanti JD
Jarett DeSanti <JDx423 (at) aol.com>
New York, N.Y. - Sunday, July 01, 2001 at 19:24:06 (EDT)

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