Jazz Articles about Andy Martin

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Lorraine Feather: Language

by Nicholas F. Mondello
June 7, 2008

Lorraine Feather Language Jazzed Media 2008

By its very title, Language, from singer and lyricist Lorraine Feather, implies that Feather and company believe that they have the musical and linguistic chops to take on such a sophisticated concept for our entertainment. So it's good to find that Feather is a heavyweight who--with a championship caliber crew in her corner--delivers a resounding KO.

To some ears, story songs--word-intense tunes--may seem overly Broadwayesque and ...

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Andy Martin/Vic Lewis: The Project

by Jack Bowers
March 29, 2005

When it came to handling a slide trombone, the late Frank Rosolino set the gold standard. Few players have managed even to come close to emulating what the incredible Mr. Rosolino was able to do. One who has is Andy Martin, an heir-apparent to Rosolino, Carl Fontana, J.J. Johnson and other acrobatic savants of the slide. True, the attack isn't as clean as Rosolino's (who remains in a class by himself), nor is there as much double and triple-tonguing, staples ...

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Andy Martin Quartet: It

by J. Robert Bragonier
October 8, 2003

Andy Martin saw and met legendary jazz trombonist Frank Rosolino, to whom this CD is dedicated, on only one occasion, but he’s never forgotten it. Martin took that opportunity to tell Rosolino how much he enjoyed his music, and the latter seemed pleased. Shortly thereafter, Rosolino was tragically dead of a self-inflicted bullet wound, together with one son; the other was critically and permanently disabled. Young Martin lost a hero, and the jazz world lost an icon. ...