Pat Martino

Live At Yoshies with another great Philly gut Joey Defrancesco. I saw them together at the Blue Moon in Philly.

Joyous Lake is another good one. 

He always seems to get passed over when many people talk about great fusion guitarists.

Holdsworth, McLaughlin, Di Meola, Gambale, Metheny, Henderson, Coryell, all of abut the same generation of players, seem to get more talk than than Martino.

But he was as good as most of them.

Well, he played Fusion while that was the fashion but it seems to me he was more grounded in Mainstream Jazz than some of those you mention. He and Coryell were similar in this regard. 

I believe Joyous Lake and Starbright were released as a "twofer" by 32Jazz. 

In 1988, I was in Philly and still thought I might pursue jazz guitar. I took lessons for 9 months with Pat, in his parents home. I recorded all my lessons. He was generous with his time and a great teacher. I saw him live in the Denver area a couple times in the past decade. The last time, I went up to him after the show and said hello. He remembered me and we reminisced for a few minutes. Gentle soul and extraordinary musician.