Starbright
{{Short description|1976 album by guitarist Pat Martino}}
{{Other uses|Star Bright (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Starbright
| type = Studio
| artist = Pat Martino
| cover = Starbright.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1976
| recorded = July 1976
Media Sound, New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Warner Bros.
BS 2921
| producer = Ed Freeman
| chronology = Pat Martino
| prev_title = Consciousness
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = We'll Be Together Again
| next_year = 1976
}}
Starbright is an album by guitarist Pat Martino which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Warner Bros. label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Starbright.htm Pat Martino discography], accessed September 10, 2013
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/132 132]
}}
}}
The AllMusic site rated the album with 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/starbright-mw0000904495 Allmusic listing], accessed September 10, 2013 Thom Jurek called it "a startling yet warm and, in retrospect, wonderful recording of originals and covers."{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/starbright-joyous-lake-mw0000463034 |title=Pat Martino: Starbright/Joyous Lake |first=Thom |last=Jurek |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 3, 2022}}
Writing for All About Jazz, Douglas Payne commented: "As always, Martino remains an engaging technical dazzler - as opposed to all those forgotten 70s guitar heroes who thought speed and sound meant good playing. Martino even experiments with guitar synthesizers and other effects... But the strength of the guitarist's melodic personality, particularly during signature solos, is never in question."{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/first-light-pat-martino-32-records-review-by-douglas-payne |title=Pat Martino: First Light |first=Douglas |last=Payne |date=February 1, 1999 |website=All About Jazz |access-date=April 3, 2022}}
Track listing
All compositions by Pat Martino except as indicated
- "Starbright" - 3:38
- "Eyes" (Joseph d'Onofrio) - 2:36
- "Law" - 3:35
- "Fall" (Wayne Shorter) - 2:04
- "Deeda" - 3:43
- "Starbright Epilogue" - 0:31
- "Masquerada" - 2:53
- "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 2:51
- "Blue Macaw" - 3:03
- "City Lights" (Gil Goldstein) - 0:55
- "Prelude" - 6:30
- "Epilogue" - 1:00
Personnel
- Pat Martino - guitar, synthesizer
- Al Regni - flute
- Joe D'Onofrio - violin
- Gil Goldstein - keyboards
- Mike Mainieri, Warren Bernhardt - synthesizers
- Will Lee - electric bass
- Charles Collins, Michael Carvin - drums
- Alyrio Lima Cova - percussion
References
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