Top Picks
Pat Martino Duo: We’ll Be Together Again, 32 Jazz. Gil Goldstein, electric piano
Pat Martino Trio: Live at Yoshi’s, Blue Note. Joey DeFrancesco, organ; Billy Hart, drums)
Pat Martino Quartet
East!, OJC/Prestige. Eddie Green, piano; Ben Tucker, bass; Lenny McBrowne, drums in a few tracks of Bebop heaven; rest of CD is questionable.
Exit, Muse. Gil Goldstein, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Billy Hart, drums
Footprints, 32 Jazz. Bobby Rose, guitar; Richard Davis, bass; Billy Higgins, drums
John Handy Quintet: New View, Columbia. Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Albert Stinson, bass
Richard “Groove” Holmes: Blue Groove, OJC/Prestige. Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Paul Chambers, bass; Billy Higgins, drums; rating is for “Get Up & Get It” tracks, but does not include the Soul Mist material also making up a part of this CD.
Superior
Pat Martino Quintet: Strings, OJC/Prestige. Joe Farrell, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Ben Tucker, bass
Don Patterson: Dem New York Blues, OJC/Prestige. Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax
Excellent
Don Patterson Quartet: Four Dimensions, OJC/Prestige. Houston Person, tenor sax