David Martin (jazz musician)

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David Martin (born October 5, 1907 , † May 4, 1975 ) was an American jazz musician ( piano , also cello , composition ).

Live and act

Martin, whose family ran a music school on New York's 136th Street, played as a cellist with Fats Waller in the 1920s . In the 1930s he stayed in Europe and worked mainly in the American jazz music scene, for example with Eddie South in 1938 , who made recordings in Hilversum and later in Milwaukee, as well as with Bill Coleman and in the orchestra of Alix Combelle . After returning to the United States, he worked again in New York City; further recordings were made a. with Jonah Jones , Sy Oliver and Jackie Wilson . He composed the jazz title "Easy Does It" (not to be confused with the title of the same name by Sy Oliver and Trummy Young ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bill Coleman : Trumpet Story 1989, p. 110
  2. ↑ The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP, and cassette , ed. by Richard Cook and Brian Morton . Penguin Books, 1995, p. 1323
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 21, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Martin, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1907
DATE OF DEATH May 4th 1975