Strings! Explained

Strings!
Type:Studio
Artist:Pat Martino
Cover:Strings!.jpg
Released:1967
Recorded:October 2, 1967
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:37:21
Label:Prestige
PR 7547
Producer:Don Schlitten
Chronology:Pat Martino
Prev Title:El Hombre
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:East!
Next Year:1968

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

Reception

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."

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7500-series/#pr-7547 Prestige Records discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 2, 2013