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Pat Martino Pays Tribute To Wes at the Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club in Miami |
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Written by Don Berryman
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Thursday, 20 July 2006 |
On July 21st an 22nd, Pat Martino presents his Tribute To Wes
Montgomery at the Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club in Miami
Florida with Scott Robinson on drums, Rick Germanson on piano,
David Robaire on bass, and Danny Sadownick on percussion.
 Pat Martino © Jimmy Katz
After Django and Charlie Christian before him, Wes Montgomery is
one of the most influential jazz guitarists for those who followed. Wes
had an instinctive knowledge of jazz harmony and an incredible facility
for playing the guitar. Although Montgomery was widely known for his
inovative use of octaves, he was also an excellent single-line player,
and was influential in the use of block chords in his solos. Wes also
help refine the sound of the jazz organ trio in his work with organist
Mel Rhyne. His early work on Riverside records are some of the finest
jazz guitar recordings available, he went on to greater comercial
sucess with more comercial music with A&M records in the late 60's.
Wes Montgomery's music, particularly the album Grooveyard is said to
have had an enormous influence on guitarist Pat Martino. Pat Martino
was born Pat Azzara in Philadelphia in 1944, ha was first exposed to
jazz through his father, Carmen "Mickey" Azzara, who sang and briefly
studied guitar with Eddie Lang. Pat began playing guitar when he was
twelve years old and left school in tenth grade to devote himself to
music. While taking lessons from Dennis Sandole in Philadelphia, Pat
met another student of his, John Coltrane.
Martino's first road tour was with jazz organist Charles Earland, a
high school friend. Martino moved to Harlem to devote himself to "soul
jazz" as played by Earland and others. The organ trio concept had a
profound influence on Martino's rhythmic and harmonic approach. and he
remained in the idiom gigging with Jack McDuff and Don Patterson. Pat
was signed as a leader for Prestige Records when he was twenty.
 Rick Germanson © Andrea Canter
One of New York's rising stars on piano, Rick Germanson has been a highly
in-demand pianist on the New York City Jazz scene for nearly a decade
now. Born May 29, 1972, Rick left his native Milwaukee, Wisconsin on
the heels of winning the Grand Prize at The American Pianists'
Association Jazz Piano Competition in 1996. His recent accomplishments
have garnered much adoration from the media and led to him him being
chosen as Best of New Talent in 2004 by All About Jazz NYC. Germanson's
Trio has performed at Smoke, Smalls, The Kitano and Fat Cat in N.Y.C.,
Blues Alley in D.C., The Indianapolis Jazz Festival and The Artists'
Quarter in Minneapolis. Currently, the Rick Germanson Duo can be heard
every Wednesday and Thursday evening at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in
Manhattan. As a solo pianist, Rick performed five nights a week during
a year long residency at the acclaimed Four Seasons Restaurant in 2001,
the only musician to ever do so.
Catch Pat Martino and crew on July 21st and 22nd
The Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club
Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33141
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