Pat Martino & Willis Jackson

b. Pat Azzara, 25 April 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Martino's singer father encouraged him to play guitar and he received some instruction from his cousin. He was a professional guitarist by the age of 15, playing with saxophonists Willis Jackson and Red Holloway. He played in all the leading organ combos of the 60s: with Don Patterson, Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff, Richard ‘Groove' Holmes and Jimmy McGriff. In 1966, after four months with Sonny Stitt's band, he worked with John Handy's rather more avant garde quintet. In the late 60s, Martino had his own bands...