Marty Sheller

Martin "Marty" Sheller (born March 15, 1940 in Newark , New Jersey ) is an American Latin jazz musician ( trumpet , arrangement , composition ) who is best known for his many years of work with Mongo Santamaría .

Live and act

Sheller first played the snare drum before switching to the trumpet; in the summer of 1958 he made his first professional appearance in a hotel in the Catskill Mountains. He then played with Hugo Dickens in New York, then in the Latin band of Louie Ramirez and another band in which he met Frank Malabé , whom Sheller described as his main influence. He then worked for Sabu Martinez , with whose band the first recordings were made ( Sabu's Jazz Espagnole ). In 1961 he got to know Mongo Santamaria, with whom he developed his Latin jazz concept with a wind section consisting of trumpet, alto and tenor saxophone. One of the best known titles from this collaboration was Herbie Hancock's Watermelon Man , which was released as a single. The Santamaria album Amanecer , produced by Sheller, won a Grammy for Best Latin Album in 1977. Sheller wrote numerous titles for the Santamaria band such as "Afro Lypso", "Bossa-Negra", "Get the Money", "Hammer Head" and "Odd Clothes".

In addition to his work at Santamaria, he also worked (mainly as an arranger) in the 1960s on recordings by Bobby Capers , Dave Pike , George Benson , Shirley Scott , and in the 1990s and 2000s also by Idris Muhammad , Giovanni Hidalgo , Manny Oquendo , Conexión Latina and Tito Puente with. At the end of the 2000s Sheller recorded with his own ensemble (with Chris Rogers, Joe Magnarelli , Sam Burtis , Bobby Porcelli , Bob Franceschini , Oscar Hernández , Ruben Rodriquez , Vince Cherico , Steve Berrios under his own name ( Why Deny ) From 1960 to 2010 he was involved in jazz in 51 recording sessions, most recently with Joe Magnarelli, as arranger also with Willie Colón , Joe Bataan , Rubén Blades , Larry Harlow , Ismael Miranda , Héctor Lavoe , Jon Faddis , Steve Turre , TS Monk and David Byrne He was also active as an author.

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Individual evidence

↑ Tom Lord : Jazz Discography online, accessed April 11, 2017)
↑ Charles Gerard, Marty Sheller: Salsa! The Rhythm of Latin Music . 3rd ed. White Cliffs Media, Crown Point, IN 1989, ISBN 0-941677-09-5 (Performance in world music series; 3).

personal data
SURNAME	Sheller, Marty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sheller, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newark (New Jersey)

[1] Tom Lord : Jazz Discography online, accessed April 11, 2017)

[2] Charles Gerard, Marty Sheller: Salsa! The Rhythm of Latin Music . 3rd ed. White Cliffs Media, Crown Point, IN 1989, ISBN 0-941677-09-5 (Performance in world music series; 3).