Pat Martino - Strings ! (1967) CD Rip

Tracklist

1. Strings 5:52
2. Minority 9:20
3. Lean Years 8:37
4. Mom 7:23
5. Querido 6:08

personnel :

Pat Martino - guitar
Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone, flute
Cedar Walton - piano
Ben Tucker - bass
Dave Levin - percussion
Ray Appleton - percussion
Walter Perkins - drums

Guitarist Pat Martino's second recording as a leader (which has been reissued on CD) finds him essentially playing advanced bop. His quintet (with Joe Farrell on tenor and flute, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Walter Perkins) really roars on an uptempo version of "Minority" and is diverse enough to come up with meaningful statements on four of Martino's originals. ~ Scott Yanow