Pat Martino, a hard-swinging jazz guitarist with a warm, intensive soul-jazz feel who endured a life-changing health crisis in 1980 that forced him to relearn his instrument with miraculous results, died on Nov. 1. He was 77. [Photo above of Pat Martino courtesy of Pat Martino]
Martino's recording career began in 1963 under his real name, Pat Azzara. He …
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