Jazz Notes

Getting lost in his guitar helps Martino find himself

By Bill Beuttler

Globe Correspondent / October 10, 2005

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Twenty-five years ago, jazz guitarist Pat Martino emerged from surgery to repair a brain aneurysm with near total memory loss. His severe amnesia meant he no longer knew that he'd ever played guitar, let alone how. His father tried jogging his memory by bringing LPs with Martino's name and photo on them to the hospital as proof of his son's ... (Full article: 772 words)