# Sunny guitar solo > The guitar solo on Sunny by Pat Martino (1972). From the album Live!. Watch from the solo, with tab and lesson links. A jazz classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Pat Martino, 1972, from *Live!*. Solo by *Pat Martino*. The soul hit stretched into a live vehicle for Martino's long, driving lines. On his Live! album, Pat Martino turns Bobby Hebb's soul hit Sunny into a long vehicle for his driving, unbroken lines. After a brief nod to the melody, he launches into extended improvisation, streaming fast, precise notes that trace the minor-key harmony with relentless energy. The rhythm section keeps a steady, grooving pulse that lets him build and build. It shows how Martino could take a pop tune and turn it into a showcase of stamina and harmonic control. Listen for how he develops a line over many bars without repeating himself, and for the points where he suddenly accents a note or phrase, giving shape to what might otherwise feel like a single, endless stream. Sunny by Pat Martino is featured in our Jazz (#22) list. The solo is played by Pat Martino and the song was released in 1972. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Jazz Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/jazz/) — #22 - [The Best Pat Martino Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pat-martino-guitar-solos/) — #1 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Sunny? Pat Martino played the solo on Pat Martino's Sunny (1972). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)