DON’T MEAN A THING AT ALL (from the album TWAIN) R. Martin When all of the house lights are taken down And all of the people there That traveled for hundreds of miles around To hear their songs fill the air Their beauty, the quiet and heaviness The shadows they recall Don’t mean a […]
On A Sunday Morning R. Martin What’s true for some Just like a song could break your heart When the sum is framed To mislead them all The fated cast With the chances slim to none Whenever the moment comes To it may they rise. For the years were long and the night time too […]
Portrait Words and music by Charles Mingus I’ve seen all kinds of pictures Most of the beauties of the world From places I’ve traveled I still recall This quaint melody as I thrill Painting my own pictures in tones I’ve painted all mother earth Both flowers that brave the morn Tones color the life she’s […]
Rebecca Martin will be performing this fall as a duo with Bassist Larry Grenadier. Thursday, August 28th Soundwaves Concert Series Westport, NY Thursday, October 30th Palm Jazz Festival Gilwice, Poland Saturday, November 1st AMR Geneve, Switzerland Sunday, November 2nd Enjoy Jazz Festival Mannheim, Germany Tuesday, November 4th La Faiencerie La Tronche, France
Watch Rebecca Martin’s collaborative group TILLERY (Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens) perform live at Blue Whale in LA, CA. The three perform “Tillery” written by Becca Stevens with poetry by Jane Tyson Clement and Becca Stevens. TILLERY will head into the studio in January, 2014. Recorded by Pete Rende.
TWAIN is selected as one of the 10 best Jazz albums of 2013 by the editors of iTunes! iTunes best of 2013
Rebecca Martin and Larry Grenadier are heading out to Europe in December. Live performances in Auxerre, Paris and Zurich. The pair will also be teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Rebecca Martin’s latest recording TWAIN, a collaboration with longtime partner bassist Larry Grenadier and produced by Pete Rende was catapulted to the #1 spot in Jazz in France on iTunes and Amazon. Revered music critic MICHEL CONTAT who writes for Telerama France, one of the largest publications in the country, gives the album four stars: “TWAIN: The miraculous […]
TILLERY, a collaboration between Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens is pleased to announce two unique study opportunities, a mix of masterclasses and workshops being offered this year on the West coast. They are open to all musicians and creatives no matter your instrument. Please have a look below and write to Rebecca Martin […]
