Pat Martino - Impressions (2005)

Impressions collects tracks from four of guitarist Pat Martino's best Muse albums from the '70s, including 1974's Consciousness, 1975's Footprints, 1976's We'll Be Together Again, and 1977's Exit. From Martino's most well-known and perhaps most creative period, these albums found the technically deft musician tackling everything from American popular song to jazz standards and his own superb original compositions. Completists will most likely want to seek out the original albums, but as an introduction to Martino's work, Impressions is as good a place to start as any. ~Matt Collar