Pat Martino | The Phineas Trane

From "Think Tank" (2003), with Christian McBride (b), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (p), and Lewis Nash (d)
McBride's bass almost sounds electric. For some reason, I like to imagine someone playing a cheap electric bass guitar running through a slightly overdriven amp, playing those amazing lines. I read somewhere that the chords for this tune were apparently devised by Pat using some form of numerology using the letters COLTRANE. Below is Pat's burning solo, and to my ear it doesn't seem to matter at all what chords he's playing over. That is, he only outlines the chords explicitly at the beginning of a run, and then instantly flies off the map. If you listen to the rest of the song, you'll notice that the other soloists seem to be struggling with the form.

"The Phineas Trane"