Mike's Music Musings

Having begun reading Pat Martino's autobiography, I am listening to more of his music and have started picking up some of his vocabulary.  Pat Martino is a master at constructing complex lines with an impressive ease of articulation.  While these fast and complex lines often leave my jaw dropped, I find that another technique he uses can lead to exciting and sometimes "mind bending" results- repetition of a simple phrase with rhythmic displacement.  While the phrase is repeated, the rhythm section can build energy and excitement to the solo, which then leasts to an energy burst when the soloist ends the repetition.  Pat can also "spice up" simple lines by repeating them and introducing interesting rhythmic displacement, as well as chromatic notes.