I'd seen Pat Martino play back in 2007. My son was 10 and I wanted him to see music played live, much like how my mom took me to see theatre, ballet, and music performances as a kid. I hadn't actually heard of Pat Martino before that, but he was playing so I got my mom and my son in the car and we went. I still think about how amazing he is on guitar.

This video goes into his career, recorded a day after he passed away at 77 in 2021. I had no idea he had a cerebral brain hemorrhage in 1980 and had total amnesia. He had to relearn how to play guitar afterward, from scratch, listening to his records to figure it out. Absolutely amazing!

"This Musician STUNNED Me...Pat Martino a Guitar Giant"

https://youtu.be/BUfLZjIQigQ

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Iron City! is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances said to be recorded in 1967 and first released on the Cobblestone label in 1972.

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars calling it "a fine, overlooked date that showcases some of Green's hottest, bluesiest playing" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRhe79igQEI&list=OLAK5uy_nAG43cHLUEsamLS9iCrtOfcZ0vIwfXJ1c

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Guitar Method by Kiyoshi Sugimoto, released on Columbia in 1972.

A rare Japanese jazz record by legendary jazz guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto, part of an instrumental instructional-style series of Western music covers similar to Takeshi Inomata’s Drum Method. Arranged by Hiromasa Suzuki, the album delivers a powerful, distinctly Japanese-style jazz rock sound. Includes covers of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” and Chase’s “Get It On,” among others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gANQeHTqE

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Bananas Are Not Created Equal by Jay Berliner, released on Mainstream in 1972.

A silly title, but a funky little record -- one of the only ones we've ever seen from guitarist Jay Berliner, and one of the best cookers from the early 70s Mainstream Records years! The sound here is almost soundtrack funk at points -- lots of up-front lines from Berliner on guitar -- riffing away over backings that include organ and keyboards from Paul Griffin, congas from Ray Barretto, drums from Jimmy Johnson, and additional rhythm guitar from Cornell Dupree. Wade Marcus arranged, and the sound is tight without being slick -- a great sort of Kudu Records-styled groove -- and an especially nice setting for Jay's guitar. - Dusty Groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7_8jp8CJLE

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Travessuras Do Bola 7 by Bola 7 E Seu Conjunto aka Bola Sete, released on Odeon in 1958.

Biography by Alvaro Neder

Bola Sete was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. His unique, highly improvisational style offered an approach that wed Brazilian styles to flamenco, classical, jazz, American folk, bossa nova, and pop. Sete cut half-a-dozen albums for Odeon before leaving Brazil in 1959, including Aqui Está O Bola Sete (1957) and Ritmolândia (1959). He met Dizzy Gillespie while playing at a Sheraton lounge one evening and promptly joined the trumpeter's band. In 1962, he issued his American debut, Bossa Nova, for Fantasy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEObCmfgROI

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Carnival In Rio by Bola Sete, released on Puchito in 1958.

Incredible! This early album by Bola Sete shows a completely different side of the Brazilian guitarist than later records. The feeling of the album is very festive -- in keeping with the carnival theme -- and Sete plays an electric guitar quite frenetically, jamming away in a fast style that's equally compelling as his mellower work from the 70s. Titles include "Chiquito", "Coco Baturite", "Caravana", "Mulher Rendeira", "Uno A Cero", and "Nino Grande". - Dusty Groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueZD4OMuMUs&list=RDueZD4OMuMUs&start_radio=1

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Night Life is the fourth album by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in late 1970 and released on the Prestige label the following year.

Allmusic awarded the compilation album 4½ stars stating "Butler was a versatile musician who, on ballads in particular displayed a very interesting sound, sometimes sliding between notes as if he were playing a steel guitar" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0jHxyPBzg&list=RDxc0jHxyPBzg&start_radio=1

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