The Visit (Pat Martino album)

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The Visit!

Studio album by

Pat Martino

Released

1972

Recorded

March 24, 1972
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

38:03

Label

Cobblestone
CST 9015

Producer

Don Schlitten

Pat Martino chronology

Desperado
(1970)

The Visit!
(1972)

Pat Martino/Live!
(1974)

The Visit! (also released as Footprints) is an album by guitarist Pat Martino which was recorded in 1972 and first released on the Cobblestone label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Originally released by Cobblestone and later by Muse, this 1997 CD reissue from 32 Jazz features the distinctive and exploratory guitarist Pat Martino in a tribute to Wes Montgomery... Martino stretches out on six selections, including a bluesy original ("The Visit"), "Footprints," and "Alone Together," always sounding like himself and pushing the boundaries of straight-ahead jazz".^[3]

In a review for Jazz Times, Jim Ferguson wrote: "While the album's length is brief by today's standards... it's Martino’s musicality – here at the height of its powers – that makes Footprints a jazz guitar classic."^[5]

Douglas Payne, writing for All About Jazz, stated: "Footprints clearly outlines some of Martino's most beautiful traits—crisp, logical, narrative lines; nothing hurried or studied but, rather, a most thoughtful statement of heartfelt intention... Footprints stands as one of Pat Martino's very best. The musicianship is superior, dynamic and attention grabbing. Best of all, this ideal quartet's interplay is outstanding and often astounding. Very highly recommended."^[6]

Track listing

"The Visit" (Pat Martino) - 4:34
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 7:18
"Road Song" (Wes Montgomery) - 5:43
"Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) - 8:22
"How Insensitive" (Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - 6:13
"Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 5:52

Personnel

References

^ Cobblestone Records discography accessed September 5, 2013
^ Pat Martino discography, accessed September 6, 2013
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed September 5, 2013
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 132. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Ferguson, Jim (December 1, 1997). "Pat Martino: Footprints". Jazz Times. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
^ Payne, Douglas (August 1, 1997). "Pat Martino: Footprints". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 3, 2022.

Pat Martino

Studio albums

El Hombre (1967)
Strings! (1967)
East! (1968)
Baiyina (1968)
Desperado (1970)
The Visit (1972)
Consciousness (1974)
Exit (1976)
We'll Be Together Again (1976)
Joyous Lake (1976)
Starbright (1976)
Interchange (1994)
The Maker (1994)
Nightwings (1996)
Cream (1997)
All Sides Now (1997)
Stone Blue – with Joyous Lake (1998)
Fire Dance (1998)
Comin' and Goin': Exit & the Return (1999)
Impressions (1999)

Live albums

Pat Martino/Live! (1972)
The Return (1987)
Live at Yoshi's (2001)

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