El Hombre

El Hombre
El Hombre
Studio album by Pat Martino
Released	1967
Recorded	May 1, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:12
Label	Prestige
Producer	Cal Lampley
Pat Martino chronology

El Hombre is the debut album by jazz guitarist Pat Martino. It was recorded in 1967 and released by Prestige Records^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars, stating, "Guitarist Pat Martino's debut as a leader finds the 22-year-old showing off his roots in soul-jazz organ groups while looking ahead at the same time...Martino primarily plays a straight-ahead set but already displays a fairly distinctive sound".^[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Pat Martino except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Waltz for Geri"	6:21
2.	"Once I Loved" (Ray Gilbert/Antônio Carlos Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes)	5:42
3.	"El Hombre"	5:57
4.	"Cisco"	4:29
5.	"One for Rose"	4:54
6.	"A Blues for Mickey-O"	8:02
7.	"Just Friends" (John Klenner/Sam M. Lewis)	5:47

Personnel[]

Pat Martino – guitar
Danny Turner – flute
Trudy Pitts – Hammond organ
Mitch Fine – drums
Vance Anderson – bongos
Abdu Johnson – congas

Production

Cal Lampley – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

References[]

^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 2, 2013
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 2, 2013
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 957. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Prestige Records discography accessed May 2, 2013

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 2, 2013

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 957. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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