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Pat Martino - Think Tank (2003)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 24 Sep 2024 17:30:18

It's been nearly twenty years since Pat Martino's comeback from a near-fatal brain aneurysm. In that time he's re-established himself as one of the jazz world's premier guitarists, a technically advanced post bop player who combines forward-thinking musical ideas with native Philly grit; think Pat Metheny with more soul.

Think Tank, as the name suggests, finds Martino at his most cerebral, which has its pros and cons. The title track, for example, is a blues of sorts built on an equation based on the letters of John Coltrane's name, which may sound like an exercise for a composition class, but manages to hold together pretty well organically. Coltrane, a Philadelphia mentor of Martino's, is a recurring reference on the album, both indirectly in Martino's intensely spiritual and intellectual approach to the music, and directly on the funk-based original "Phineas Trane as well as on an extended romp through Coltrane's "Africa.

Martino is backed by a lineup that includes heavyweights on every instrument: Joe Lovano on tenor sax, Gonzalo Rubalcaba on piano, Christian McBride on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. And while many all star lineups fail to live up to their promise, this one mostly comes through. All the musicians have moments of magic, especially Rubalcaba, the Cuban-born virtuoso who seems to have outgrown his youthful habit of simply playing as many notes as he can as quickly as he can. He shows welcome restraint here, especially on the ballad "Sun on My Hands, where he and Martino play off each other with beauty and subtlety. Martino himself is much more subdued than in the past, offering harmonically complex solos that challenge listeners but retain enough recognizable blues and bop roots to be accessible.

If there's any complaint about Think Tank, it's that it lacks some of the flat-out fire of Martino's 2001 Grammy-nominated Live at Yoshi's , a groove-laden organ trio summit with Joey De Francesco and Billy Hart. Martino may overthink things a bit this time around, but it's a serious album from a serious artist and well-worth checking out.

Review by Joel Roberts, AllAboutJazz.com

ebop guitar isn't a style that makes much effort to meet contemporary audiences halfway. Hear a set by John Scofield, for instance, and his straight-jazz and bop credentials will be sharing the stage with some dramatically accessible funk and blues-derived qualities: Hendrix at work alongside Jim Hall. Pat Metheny, for all his speed and imagination as a spinner of spontaneous melody, often stays close to the familiar turns of pop songs. But Pat Martino, the Philadelphia musician who once jammed with the late guitar legend Wes Montgomery, is a classic bebop guitarist to the tips of his athletic fingers: his sound is soft and purring, his lines intricate and linear, and he avoids hyperbole or guitar-hero posturings.

But if Martino seems perfectly to fit the mould that also shaped countless practitioners of his instrument working between the late 1940s and the early 1960s, he has always been a cut above all but the very best of them. On this powerful set - a very long way from being just a guitar-buff's album - the restrained precision of his playing is also magnificently complemented by the contrasting styles of shrewdly chosen partners. This is probably Martino's best recorded work since his astonishing comeback after years of inaction, when he was obliged to relearn the guitar from scratch after a brain aneurism blew out his memory of ever studying the instrument.

Martino's dense yet softly struck lines are tellingly balanced by saxophonist Joe Lovano's more colloquial and shruggingly diffident manner, often suggestive of a man half-moved to a confession but thinking better of it. Lewis Nash on drums and Christian McBride on bass provide a ferociously hard-hitting rhythm section, with the clean-hitting, always apposite and fitfully volcanic Nash giving a masterly performance. But the album's most unexpected virtue is the presence of Gonzalo Rubalcaba on piano. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Cuban's playing is frequently in Keith Jarrett's class for oblique melodic invention. Rubalcaba constantly establishes new starting points within solos, from which he launches fresh ideas at sharp angles to the harmonies and the phrases that preceded them.

The repertoire mixes four high-class Martino originals with pieces by John Coltrane, Harold Mabern and others - and, for a change on a set like this, the ballad-playing is as compelling as the straightahead swing. Martino's aching high sounds and glowing tone against Rubalcaba's uncannily supportive timing on the slow Sun on My Hands is almost worth the album on its own.

Review by John Fordham, The Guardian

Pat Martino at Allmusic
Pat Martino at Wiki

Personnel:

Pat Martino - Guitar
Joe Lovano - Tenor Sax
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Piano
Christian McBride - Bass
Lewis Nash - Drums

Tracklist:

1. The Phineas Trane (6:40)
2. Think Tank (12:10)
3. Dozen Down (7:57)
4. Sun On My Hands (9:19)
5. Africa (11:45)
6. Quatessence (9:59)
7. Before You Ask (6:53)
8. Earthlings (5:33)

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