Jazz Articles about Heidi Martin

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Heidi Martin: Attunement

by Neil Duggan
May 19, 2026

Born from two years of research at Rutgers University, Attunement finds singer-songwriter Heidi Martin tracing the life, work and journals of jazz artist and civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln. The result is anything but a conventional tribute; it is more a channelling of Lincoln's spirit, one that has pushed Martin to some of the most ambitious compositional work of her career. Martin is a Washington, D.C.-based jazz vocalist, often blending soul and '60s folk influences into her singing style and ...

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Heidi Martin: Hide

by C. Michael Bailey
September 24, 2005

Vocalist and composer Heidi Martin was born in Washington, DC and reared in Maryland, singing in church. In high school, she sang backup for professional artists including Bill Danoff of Starland Vocalband. Jazz became her monkey after hearing Shirley Horn in New York City.

Martin pursued Jazz Studies at the University of the District of Columbia, where she became an student of the local music scene, spending Monday nights at the One Step Down Club watching regulars Reuben ...