Apps

Overview

Formidable is an album by jazz guitarist Pat Martino. Formidable is the last full length album released by Martino before his death in 2021. It was recorded in April 2017 at Jankland Recording in Wall Township, New Jersey, and was released by HighNote Records later that year. On the album, Martino is joined by saxophonist Adam Niewood, trumpeter Alex Norris, organist Pat Bianchi, and drummer Carmen Intorre Jr. Reception In a review for DownBeat, Bobby Reed wrote: "Among the aspects that make this album a keeper are a sturdy commitment to swing, and the generosity of a leader who lets his gifted accompanists stretch out with solos. A couple of ballads... are performed in a trio setting, showcasing Martino's mastery of tempo and illustrating that a smoldering flame can be just as hot as a raging inferno." Writing for The Guardian, John Fordham remarked: "Pat Martino has the... reputation of being a guitarists' guitarist, on account of his speed, accuracy and creamy-smooth tone. But along with these virtues comes a toughness and bite that derive from his early years in the funky organ combos of Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff et al. This album harks back somewhat to those days... the poised and unflappable Martino still manages to dominate the proceedings, turning a good session into something a bit special."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?”
— Aeschylus, fragment, quoted by Steven Stavropoulos, The Beginning of All Wisdom: Timeless Advice from the Ancient Greeks (2003), p. 33
“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”
— Henry Ward Beecher, quoted in Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher (1858), ed. Edna Dean Proctor, p. 52
“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”
— Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, as quoted in Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ed. Margaret Gee (2001), p. 71
“I'm not weak — I'm too strong. The bracelets bound my strength to good purposes — Now I'm completely uncontrolled! I'm free to destroy like a man!”
— William Moulton Marston, "The Unbound Amazon", Sensation Comics #19 (July 1943), Wonder Woman
“What strength!! But don't forget there are many guys like you all over the world.”
— Street Fighter (1987 video game)
“And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
— 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?”
— Aeschylus, fragment, quoted by Steven Stavropoulos, The Beginning of All Wisdom: Timeless Advice from the Ancient Greeks (2003), p. 33
“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”
— Henry Ward Beecher, quoted in Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher (1858), ed. Edna Dean Proctor, p. 52
“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”
— Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, as quoted in Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ed. Margaret Gee (2001), p. 71
“I'm not weak — I'm too strong. The bracelets bound my strength to good purposes — Now I'm completely uncontrolled! I'm free to destroy like a man!”
— William Moulton Marston, "The Unbound Amazon", Sensation Comics #19 (July 1943), Wonder Woman
“What strength!! But don't forget there are many guys like you all over the world.”
— Street Fighter (1987 video game)
“And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
— 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Formidable

Comments

Formidable

Comments

Formidable across IJR

Overview

Notable quotes

Notable quotes

Overview

Formidable across IJR