Pat Martino's "Think Tank"

[Larry Kart]

Does Christian McBride play electric bass here? Kinda sounds like he does; if so, I wish he hadn't, though the overall results are pleasing.

[danasgoodstuff]

Boy I sure don't remember 'lectric bass here, maybe standup with a pickup straight into the board, which kinda sorta is electric then.  Will have to listen again.  Got this at the same time as HoJoMoFo (or, like, whatever it was called) and thought that compared to that tepid pile this was a work of genius...YMMV!

[Larry Kart]

5 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said:

Boy I sure don't remember 'lectric bass here, maybe standup with a pickup straight into the board, which kinda sorta is electric then.  Will have to listen again.  Got this at the same time as HoJoMoFo (or, like, whatever it was called) and thought that compared to that tepid pile this was a work of genius...YMMV!

Maybe standup straight into the board, but there's also very little bass sound period, and it would have been useful if there had been some string bass sound to contrast with Martino's rather "from the box" timbre. Nonetheless a good record -- not only for Martino but also for some perky Gonzola R., Lewis Nash (who is quite interventionist with much success), and Lovano in his muttering under his breath mode.