San Francisco Bay Area saxophonist Mel Martin will be in Los Angeles, Denver and New York in July. Playing with all-star groups in each city, Mel Martin will be performing music from his recordings Mel Martin Plays Benny Carter, Friends and Mentors- Bebop and Beyond Plays the Music of Mel Martin as well as other originals and jazz standards. CDs are available at the performances and MEL MARTIN'S JAZZ and SAXOPHONE WEB SITE.
July 19, 2006 - The MEL MARTIN QUARTET @The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Lobby Court, John Campbell - piano, Chris Colangelo - bass and Roy McCurdy - drums. 6-10PM, 5400 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Jazz 6-10pm, No Cover (unless stated) Validated Parking $15 minimum. (310) 216-5861,
July 21-22, 2006, MEL MARTIN @ The world famous El Chapultepec. 1962 Market St, Denver, CO 80202 (303)295-9126 Mark Sabatella and Gene Bass. No Admission. 9PM-1AM
July 27, 2006 - MEL MARTIN w/ The RATZO HARRIS Trio, The Garden Cafe, 4961 Broadway at 207th Street, NY, New York 10034 Jeff Pittson - keyboards. Take the A to 207th Street (the last stop). 7-10PM
July 31, 2006 - The MEL MARTIN QUARTET @ DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor, Manhattan, New York 10023. (212) 258-9595 or 9795. 8-11PM, Don Friedman - piano, Ron McClure - bass and Adam Nussbaum - drums.
Mel Martin has proven to be one of the most versatile and creative musicians to emerge from the San Francisco Bay Area. His virtuosic abilities on woodwinds combined with his vast range of experience has brought him to a position of pre-eminence as one of the most inventive and innovative of performers. His unique abilities as an improviser, arranger and composer have made him a favorite of such greats as Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, and many others. His work as a leader has been documented on several brilliant recordings with the groups Listen, featuring Mel Martin and his current band Bebop and Beyond as well as his solo recording Other Side Up where he displayed his fascinating abilities as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger/producer, composer and jazz soloist and his popular recording Mel Martin Plays Benny Carter featuring Benny Carter as special guest on the Enja label. He has applied these talents to a wide variety of performing and recording situations including Santana, Azteca, Mongo Santamaria, Boz Scaggs, Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi, Denny Zeitlin, Hubert Laws, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, B.B. King, Billy Cobham, Freddy Cole, and the Afro Blue Band as well as a multitude of independent studio projects. In performance Mel displays a rare combination of fiery soloing abilities and telepathic communication and projects a joyously spirited vibrancy to his audiences.
July 19, 2006 - The MEL MARTIN QUARTET @The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Lobby Court, John Campbell - piano, Chris Colangelo - bass and Roy McCurdy - drums. 6-10PM, 5400 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Jazz 6-10pm, No Cover (unless stated) Validated Parking $15 minimum. (310) 216-5861,
July 21-22, 2006, MEL MARTIN @ The world famous El Chapultepec. 1962 Market St, Denver, CO 80202 (303)295-9126 Mark Sabatella and Gene Bass. No Admission. 9PM-1AM
July 27, 2006 - MEL MARTIN w/ The RATZO HARRIS Trio, The Garden Cafe, 4961 Broadway at 207th Street, NY, New York 10034 Jeff Pittson - keyboards. Take the A to 207th Street (the last stop). 7-10PM
July 31, 2006 - The MEL MARTIN QUARTET @ DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor, Manhattan, New York 10023. (212) 258-9595 or 9795. 8-11PM, Don Friedman - piano, Ron McClure - bass and Adam Nussbaum - drums.
Mel Martin has proven to be one of the most versatile and creative musicians to emerge from the San Francisco Bay Area. His virtuosic abilities on woodwinds combined with his vast range of experience has brought him to a position of pre-eminence as one of the most inventive and innovative of performers. His unique abilities as an improviser, arranger and composer have made him a favorite of such greats as Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, and many others. His work as a leader has been documented on several brilliant recordings with the groups Listen, featuring Mel Martin and his current band Bebop and Beyond as well as his solo recording Other Side Up where he displayed his fascinating abilities as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger/producer, composer and jazz soloist and his popular recording Mel Martin Plays Benny Carter featuring Benny Carter as special guest on the Enja label. He has applied these talents to a wide variety of performing and recording situations including Santana, Azteca, Mongo Santamaria, Boz Scaggs, Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi, Denny Zeitlin, Hubert Laws, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, B.B. King, Billy Cobham, Freddy Cole, and the Afro Blue Band as well as a multitude of independent studio projects. In performance Mel displays a rare combination of fiery soloing abilities and telepathic communication and projects a joyously spirited vibrancy to his audiences.
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