# The Best Pat Martino Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Pat Martino guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Sunny (1972), then Impressions and El Hombre. Every video starts at the solo.

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Pat Martino's unbroken streams of precisely picked eighth notes made him one of jazz guitar's most imitated players. His recovery after surgery and amnesia wiped his memory of the instrument, relearning it and returning to top form, is one of music's great comeback stories.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Pat Martino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Martino), [AllMusic – Pat Martino](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pat-martino-mn0000183366)

1. [Sunny](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-sunny/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1972
2. [Impressions](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-impressions/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1974
3. [El Hombre](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-el-hombre/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1967
4. [Special Door](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-special-door/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1972
5. [Footprints](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-footprints/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1972
6. [Baiyina (The Clear Evidence)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-baiyina-the-clear-evidence/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1968
7. [Lazy Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-lazy-bird/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1968
8. [Desperado](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-desperado/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1970
9. [Line Games](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-line-games/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1976
10. [Along Came Betty](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-along-came-betty/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1974
11. [Exit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-exit/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1976
12. [Strings!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-strings/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1967
13. [The Great Stream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-the-great-stream/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 1972
14. [Oleo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-oleo/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 2001
15. [Mac Tough](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-mac-tough/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 2001
16. [Four on Six](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pat-martino-four-on-six/) — Pat Martino · solo by Pat Martino · 2006

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