Ayako Asahi Martino Biography – Ayako Asahi Martino Wiki
Ayako Asahi Martino born Ayako Asahi is a Japan-born citizen and the wife of the late American jazz guitarist and composer Pat Martino. Pat died on November 1, 2021, aged 77. Pat was one of the renowned jazz-based guitarists of the 1960s.
Her husband, Pat released a number of critically beloved albums with Blue Note including 1997’s All Sides Now and 1998’s Stone Blue (with Joyous Lake). In 2001, he released a live album recorded at Yoshi’s in California. In 2003, he teamed with saxophonist Joe Lovano for Think Tank. Additionally, Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery appeared on Blue Note in 2006.
He was chosen as Guitar Player of the Year in the Down Beat magazine Readers’ Poll of 2004. In 2006, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissued his album East! on Ultradisc UHR SACD. In 2017, he shot a series of educational videos entitled A Study of the Opposites and How They Manifest on the Guitar.
Ayako Asahi Martino Age
Her age is unknown. Her late husband was born on August 25, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and died on November 1, 2021. He died aged 77.
Ayako Asahi Martino Husband
She was married to her husband, American jazz guitarist and composer Pat Martino. They met in Tokyo at the On-Air East concert theater in 1995 and later married in 1997. According to a written profile of Pat Martino, he said, “I was signing autographs and I saw her the following day at a seminar. I came back to the States and we began to correspond. A year later, she came to the United States and she’s never gone back.” He went on, “When I say the word ‘generally,’ I do so to protect her privacy. I don’t want to know exactly how she looks at things. I want her to tell me when she feels it is necessary to do so.”
The two remained married from 1997 until Pat died on November 1, 2021. He was 77.
Ayako Asahi Martino Children
It is not known whether the couple had children or not. They have led private lives and have not shared whether they have children nor any information about their extended families.
Pat Martino Death
Her husband, Pat Martino, died at the age of 77 on Monday, November 1, 2021. The news of his demise was confirmed by his manager, Joe Donofrio.
He was forced on to make a remarkable comeback after brain surgery in 1980 to correct an aneurysm that caused him to lose his memory and completely forget how to play.
The cause of his death has not been made public yet.
Ayako Asahi Martino Religion
She is a primary Buddhist and is also extremely Zen-oriented.
