Pat Martino Obituary – It is with extraordinary misery to hear the information on Pat Martino’s passing. As one of the main performers enlisted into the Chris’ Jazz Cafe Hall of Fame, he was a dearest individual from our jazz family. We will miss him and the delightful music he brought to the club.

Martino was conceived by Patrick Azara in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Subsequent to moving to New York City, he began playing expertly at 15 years old. He lived with Les Paul for some time and started to play in jazz clubs like Smalls Paradise. He later moved into a suite at the President Hotel on 48th Street. He will play at Smalls for a very long time of the year, and afterward in the late spring at the Harlem Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Martino played and recorded with Lloyd Price, Willis Jackson, and Eric Klaus from the get-go in his vocation. He has additionally worked with jazz organists Charles Earland, Richard “Furrow” Holmes, Jack McDuff, Don Patterson, Trudy Pitts, Jimmy Smith, Gene Ludwig, and Joey DeFrancesco. Martino kept on performing until 1980 when hemorrhagic arteriovenous contortions caused “close deadly seizures.” [4] This made him amnesia, and he has no recollections or information on his profession or how to play the instruments that made him effective.

Martino said he was totally neglectful from the activity and figured out how to zero in on the present as opposed to what might occur before or future. He had to figure out how to play guitar without any preparation. The present circumstance is fundamental to comprehend his vocation and his exceptional perspective. Martino wedded Ayako Asahi Martino in Tokyo, Japan in 1995.