Pat Martino - 1976 - Well Be Together Aagain

Pat Martino 

1976

Well Be Together Aagain

01. Olee
02. Variations And Song
03. Open Road
04. Lament
05. We'll Be Together Again
06. You Don't Know What Love Is
07. Dreamsville
08. Send In The Clowns
09. Willow Weep For Me

Electric Piano – Gil Goldstein
Guitar – Pat Martino

A real beauty, We'll Be Together Again pairs the outstanding jazz guitarist Pat Martino with electric pianist Gil Goldstein for a song cycle that explores ballads and more meditative / contemplative material. It's a perfect union that surprisingly never waivers throughout 45 minutes from maintaining its listener's attention or interest. Goldstein, especially, is the ideal tonal colorist. Although he solos occasionally, the keyboardist more often creates perfect aural envelopes for Martino's deft and lovely explorations on guitar. There is also an appealing stylistic consistency here absent from the pair's 1976 follow-up, Starbright (Warner Bros.). And the choice to stick with an electric piano throughout is inspired. Martino has always sounded great paired with the much maligned keyboard (check out 1970's Desperado on Prestige or 1972's Live! or, best of all, 1974's Consciousness ).