Remembering jazz guitarist and composer Pat Martino

Published November 5, 2021 at 1:52 PM EDT

Guitarist Pat Martino performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, on Aug. 1, 2015. (Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images)

Jazz guitarist and composer Pat Martino died earlier this week at 77. We remember his remarkable life.

Bill Milkowski, co-author of Martino's autobiography, "Here and Now!,” joins us.

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This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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