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Desperado (Pat Martino album)
Desperado is a 1970 post-bop jazz album by American jazz musician Pat Martino. “A key album in the shift in Pat Martino's sound at the end of the 60s -- with one foot in the soul jazz camp in which he got his start, and the other in the freer, open-minded style he used a lot in the 70s!”[3] ReceptionJazz critic Scott Yanow described the album as “funky in spots, electric, and swinging when called for” and extols Martino's performance as “consistently inventive"[4] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "Desperado is a little-known stab at fusion: Martino plays electric 12-string against rumbling electric piano and bass, and the results are akin to a tighter, less violent Lifetime. 'Express' and 'Desperado' hit a particularly compelling movement."[2] In an article for All About Jazz, Ian Patterson wrote: "Martino's inventiveness... seems inexhaustible... Though Martino's soloing has the energy of rock, the language is unmistakably jazz, with a clear melodic logic. There is also a gentler side to his playing, as witnessed on the caressing ballad 'A Portrait of Diana.' 'Express' caps an excellent album on a thrilling note."[5] “Even this difficult instrument doesn’t dampen his proficiency.”[6] BackgroundRecorded at the legendary Rudy Van Gelder studios, Martino chose a 12-string guitar to define his interpretations of his own compositions and "Oleo" by Sonny Rollins.[6] Track listing
CD ReissueRemastered versions of the album (one being from 1989) do not include any bonus tracks and are stereo versions of the original stereo recording. Personnel
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