Saxophonist John Martin tells Selwyn Harris about wanting his music to have "the warmth of world and Folk music. His Debut album Dawning makes a good stab at it. Â ...
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The album takes the shape of a truly amazing debut from the John Martin Quartet, Dawning. Accessible yet solid jazz is alive and thriving as maybe it never has for decades, and this avodart debut is further proof of this. John Martin and his quartet bear looking out for, for they are almost certainly...
4 star live review form the Jazz Mann!
“An excellent evening of music superbly played by a confident young band. Expect to hear a lot more from the John Martin Quartet” The Jazz Mann John Martin Quartet Dempsey’s, Cardiff, 24/05/2011 For me, “Dawning”, the dĂ©but album by this fine young quartet led by the saxophonist and composer John Martin has been one...
great photo and album review on jazz breakfast
This debut recording by tenor and soprano saxophonist John Martin, pianist Jonjo Grisdale, double bassist Tim Fairhall and drummer Andy Ball might have been made in an Italian studio, but it is a vital new addition to a thoroughly modern and specifically English kind of jazz....
Check out this great review by Ian Mann!
The young saxophonist and composer John Martin seems to have emerged fully formed from the jazz course at Middlesex University (also the birthplace of Led Bib) where he studied composition with Nikki Iles and Eddie Parker. Martin recently impressed as a member of pianist and composer Laura Cole’s Metamorphic group (their album “The Rock...
Number 6 in The Jazzwise Charts!
The Impossible Gentleman, David Murray- Cuban Ensemble, Helge Lien Trio, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Mathew Halsall, John Martin Quartet Dawning, Canned Heat. Mantana Roberts, Marc Carey, Archie Shepp/Joachim Kuhn. ...
Interview with Helen Mayhew on Jazz FM’s Yamaha Sunday Jazz Jam
In The Yamaha Sunday Jazz Jam this Sunday, Helen Mayhew’s guest will be the young saxophonist from Yorkshire, John Martin, whose quartet has just released its debut CD and is about to tour the UK. There’s also news on the final gigs of this weekend’s Cheltenham jazz festival, and music from two visiting American bass...
Interview With Claire Martin On BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line Up
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John Martin Quartet Summer Tour
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