Jazz Articles about Marlon Martinez

Marlon Martinez: Yours Truly

by Paul Naser
December 31, 2019

"Lock up your drummers, this bass monster will inflame them all!" This high praise for Los Angeles-based bassist-composer Marlon Martinez comes care of none other than legendary drummer Stewart Copeland who is featured on the young virtuoso's debut album, Yours Truly (Self Produced, 2019). A graduate of the prestigious Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, Martinez is well-versed in both classical and jazz repertoires and has performed with and for luminaries from both worlds including Gustavo Dudamel and Ellis ...