"I would like to get a better sense of what he likes and doesn’t like in jazz guitar...."
Hey Frogman - Good luck with that! since I don't even know what I like or don't like - at least not until I hear it. To be clear, I wasn't ripping on Pat in any general way about his more conventional jazz playing. He is arguably the embodiment of musical innovation for various reasons. I was simply conveying an impression from my brief sampling of his playing on that Baltica clip. Not to say all his "straight up jazz" playing would be that way. I need to listen to more of that Baltica performance as well as your other three "assignments". [Yeesh - I wasn't serious about Jazz 101!!] Will get back to you on that/those.
I hear what you are saying about the Pat Martino vs Joey DeFrancesco solos. Another example of a head/heart dichotomy, maybe. PM's might be objectively superior but Joey D. still carried the day - at least for me. I shared that clip with my bro in law - no mean pianist himself. His comment back was, in his opinion, Joey DeFrancesco might be THE best jazz organist. He admires him a LOT.
Inna's parting post was perplexing but kind of entertaining at the same time. At the risk of playing amateur psychologist (he did warn about this) I do often wonder what insecurities or deficiencies some posters are compensating for given the tone of their communications.
Orpheus - The Flintstones reference made me chuckle. What a great show that was.
Hey Frogman - Good luck with that! since I don't even know what I like or don't like - at least not until I hear it. To be clear, I wasn't ripping on Pat in any general way about his more conventional jazz playing. He is arguably the embodiment of musical innovation for various reasons. I was simply conveying an impression from my brief sampling of his playing on that Baltica clip. Not to say all his "straight up jazz" playing would be that way. I need to listen to more of that Baltica performance as well as your other three "assignments". [Yeesh - I wasn't serious about Jazz 101!!] Will get back to you on that/those.
I hear what you are saying about the Pat Martino vs Joey DeFrancesco solos. Another example of a head/heart dichotomy, maybe. PM's might be objectively superior but Joey D. still carried the day - at least for me. I shared that clip with my bro in law - no mean pianist himself. His comment back was, in his opinion, Joey DeFrancesco might be THE best jazz organist. He admires him a LOT.
Inna's parting post was perplexing but kind of entertaining at the same time. At the risk of playing amateur psychologist (he did warn about this) I do often wonder what insecurities or deficiencies some posters are compensating for given the tone of their communications.
Orpheus - The Flintstones reference made me chuckle. What a great show that was.