Strings!

1967 studio album by Pat Martino
Strings!
Studio album by
Pat Martino
Released1967
RecordedOctober 2, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length37:21
LabelPrestige
PR 7547
ProducerDon Schlitten
Pat Martino chronology
El Hombre
(1967)
Strings!
(1967)
East!
(1968)

Strings! is the second album by guitarist Pat Martino recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Guitarist Pat Martino's second recording as a leader finds him essentially playing advanced bop. His quintet really roars on an uptempo version of "Minority" and is diverse enough to come up with meaningful statements on four of Martino's originals".[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings commented that Strings! is "noteworthy for a long, burning treatment of Gigi Gryce's 'Minority', where Farrell's thunderous tenor solo is matched by equally flying statements by Martino and Walton."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Pat Martino except as indicated

  1. "Strings" - 5:52
  2. "Minority" (Gigi Gryce) - 9:20
  3. "Lean Years" - 8:37
  4. "Mom" - 7:23
  5. "Querido" - 6:07

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 2, 2013
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 2, 2013
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 957. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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  • Strings! (1967)
  • East! (1968)
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