 Pat Martino © Andrea Canter Widely respect jazz guitarist, Pat Martino 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 to Prestige Records when he was twenty.
In 1976 Martino became ill and eventually underwent surgery as the result of a brain aneurysm. The surgery left him with amnesia, without any memory of the guitar and his musical career. With the help of friends and his old recordings, Pat made a remarkable recovery and learned to play all over again. He resumed his career in 1987 in New York, a gig that was released on a CD with an appropriate name, The Return. Jazz Week reported in December that Martino's latest release, a tribute to Wes Montgomery entitled Remember, was the #1 played jazz recording in 2006.
 Eric Alexander © Andrea Canter During the 1990s, after placing second behind Joshua Redman in the 1991 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition, Alexander threw himself into the whirlwind life of a professional jazz musician. He played with organ trios on the South Side of Chicago, made his recording debut in 1991 with Charles Earland, and cut his first album as leader in 1992. Sixteen recordings followed including his latest recording, 'Dead Center' (HighNote 7131) with Harold Mabern, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth'.
 Harold Mabern
 Joe Farnsworth
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Monday, 08 September 2008
