Pat Martino is one of the greatest players to ever pick up the guitar, and studying his material may seem like a daunting thing to tackle. But, by breaking down his solos into phrases, analyzing those phrases, and taking the underlying concepts to your own playing, you will be able to get that legendary Pat vibe in your solos.<\/p>\n
Pat Martino emerged as a jazz guitarist in the sixties, releasing his first album El Hombre<\/em> in 1967.<\/p>\n He made a remarkable comeback at the beginning of the eighties. After undergoing brain surgery he had complete amnesia and forgot how to play guitar. It took him years to recover and get back to his old form, partly by listening to his old records. The first record he released after the post-amnesia period was The Return<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/span>\n Sunny, a song written by Bobby Hebb in 1963, is one of the most performed and recorded pop songs. It was written as a tribute to John F. Kennedy, but also to Bobby Hebb’s brother, who was killed during a mugging on the same day Kennedy was murdered (November 22, 1963).<\/p>\n Sunny was performed and recorded by hundreds of artists, including Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, and Shirley Bassey.<\/p>\n The song also found its way into jazz\u00a0repertoire, played by jazz greats such as Frank Sinatra (with Duke Ellington), Wes Montgomery, Ella Fitzgerald, Stanley Jordan, Jimmy Smith and Oscar Peterson (with Joe Pass<\/a> and Ray Brown).<\/p>\n The most legendary Sunny version among jazz guitarists (besides Wes Montgomery’s)\u00a0is Pat Martino’s recording on his album Live! (1972) because of the amazing solo that spans nearly 5 minutes.<\/p>\n In this section, you will learn 5 licks transcribed from Pat’s solo.<\/p>\n Pat Martino Licks List<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/a><\/p>\n5 Pat Martino Licks From The Sunny Solo<\/h2>\n
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