Veteran Pat Martino is teamed upward amongst a multifariousness of dissimilar swain guitarists on this interesting if non quite essential release. Martino matches wits amongst guitarist Charlie Hunter (who on Stevie Wonder's "Too High" oftentimes sounds similar an organist), Tuck Andress, Kevin Eubanks, Les Paul ("I'm Confessin'"), Mike Stern in addition to Michael Hedges. In addition, Cassandra Wilson sings Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" accompanied past times Martino, in addition to stone guitarist Joe Satriani tries to sit down inwards on 2 numbers (with indifferent results). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 decent effort, simply non upward to Pat Martino's almost meaning releases.
Pat Martino's 1997 album All Sides Now features performances past times (among others) Les Paul, Mike Stern, Tuck Andress, Joe Satriani, Michael Hedges, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Eubanks in addition to Cassandra Wilson.
After the Los Angeles studio dates, Martino traveled northward to the seaside town of Mendocino where guitarist Michael Hedges has his habitation studio. This was a especial rendezvous for Martino. Years before before his encephalon aneurysms had been diagnosed, he spent a current of fourth dimension inwards locked psychiatric wards undergoing stupor therapy to alleviate the retentivity loss in addition to severe headaches he was suffering. "My friendship amongst Michael goes dorsum to that crucial fourth dimension inwards my life. He used to come upward into the ward where I was confined in addition to play his guitar for me. I don't intend Michael always sentiment we'd play together allow lonely tape together. Doing this session was a major breakthrough inwards our relationship. It was a dream come upward truthful to function amongst him."
The yoke duet on Hedges' "Two Days Old," a pensive slice from his album Aerial Boundaries. [Correction…Breakfast inwards the Field.—Ed.] Martino plays i of Hedges' nylon-stringed guitars patch Hedges plays steel-stringed acoustic. The unwrap is a precious stone of virtuoso guitar playing. While inwards Northern California, stone guitarist Joe Satriani traveled to Hedges' studio in addition to recorded 2 songs amongst Martino. "Ellipsis" features gripping rock-edged in addition to blues-tinged improvisations patch the destination rails of the CD, "Never in addition to After,"is a calming melody amongst ripples of guitar beauty. "I had no sentiment that Joe was interested inwards my music in addition to my mode of guitar playing," Martino says. "We hitting it off in addition to improvised amongst dignity, fifty-fifty though we're from 2 dissimilar polarities."
Track listing:
All compositions past times Pat Martino except equally indicated
"Too High" (Stevie Wonder) - 5:03
"Two of a Kind" - 5:54
"Progression" - 5:36
"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) - 4:41
"Ellipsis" (Martino, Joe Satriani) - 3:09
"Both Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell) - 3:53
"Ayako" - 7:46
"Two Days Old" (Michael Hedges) - 5:17
"Outrider" - 7:43
"Never in addition to After" (Satriani) - 2:54
Personnel:
Pat Martino - guitar
Charlie Hunter - guitar (track 1)
Tuck Andress - guitar (track 2)
Kevin Eubanks - guitar (track 3)
Les Paul - guitar (track 4)
Joe Satriani - guitar (track five in addition to 10)
Mike Stern - guitar (track seven in addition to 9)
Michael Hedges - guitar (track 8), percussion (track 5)
Scott Colley - bass (track seven in addition to 9)
Paul Nowinski - bass (track 4)
Scott Amendola - drums (track 1)
Ben Perowsky - drums (track seven in addition to 9)
Jeff Hirshfield - drums (track 10)
Cassandra Wilson - vocals (track 6)
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