Name Stu Martin Role Drummer | ||
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Died June 12, 1980, Paris, France Similar People | ||
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Stu Martin (June 11, 1938, Liberty, New York – June 12, 1980, Paris, France)) was an American jazz drummer.
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Martin began playing in 1956. He was appearing with the orchestras of Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Slide Hampton, Maynard Ferguson and with Herbie Hancock. During 1965-1966, he played in Europe with Donald Byrd, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Don Byas and Dexter Gordon. He returned to the United States to join the Gary Burton Quartet. Subsequently he appeared in Europe with Attila Zoller, Joachim Kühn, Red Mitchell and Slide Hampton. In October 1969, he became a member of "The Trio", consisting of John Surman on Sax and Barre Phillips on Bass.
With this group, he toured England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland - playing at concerts and at all the important European Festivals. In October 1971, the "Trio" disbanded. Stu started playing with "AMBUSH", consisting of Barre Phillips on bass, Peter Warren on bass and cello, and Charlie Mariano on saxophones. Stu Martin went on to play with such greats as John McLaughlin, Charles Mingus and with Albert Mangelsdorff. In 1969 Stu played drums on two albums by Belgian duo Jess & James who had also Scott Bradford in the line-up.
Discography
Stu Martin & John Surman
With Maynard Ferguson
With Curtis Fuller
With Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
With Quincy Jones
With Sonny Rollins
With Scott Bradford
With Jess & James
With John McLaughlin
On 3LP Ossiach Live (BASF, 1971) (One side with Georg Grunz + One piece with The Trio)
With Tomasz Stańko, Tomasz Szukalski, Zbigniew Seifert, Czesław Niemen and others
With Tomasz Stańko, Janusz Stefański
With Barre Phillips