I picked up a couple used lp's by him. Exit and Joyous lake. Two completely different recordings that sound very good to me. He also has quite a story.
I have several of Martino's early recordings, which I actually prefer to a lot of his current work. The fact that he is still performing, however, is a real testament to him.
Pat Martino played on tons of recordings, (haven't heard em all), but was a big fan in the 70's before he fell into a cheesy fusion rut, (his "East" record is excellent). So many fantastic guitarists have surfaced in the last 20-30 years that it's kind of hard to get excited when i go back and put on some of his discs.
FWIW, I never could get into Martino. Back in the seventies when I paid some attention to him he seemed a technician and pretty proud of it. But I must admit he did provoke a reaction. Like Edesilva says, lots of chops but no connection.
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