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Mel Martin Plays Benny Carter
Featuring Benny Carter - CD-9041 2
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Hello
Summer Serenade
Zanzibar

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Featuring: Mel Martin - tenor & soprano saxophones, Benny Carter - alto saxophone , Kenny Barron - piano,
Roger Kellaway - piano, Rufus Reid - bass, Victor Lewis - drums, Jeff Chambers - bass and Harold Jones - drums

1. A Kiss From You
2. Hello
3. Zanzibar (World premier)
4. When Lights Are Low
5. Summer Serenade
6. Souvenir
7. Another Time, Another Place
8. Wonderland
9. Only Trust Your Heart

Produced by Mel Martin and Dr. Herb Wong for Big Ear Productions
Recorded 1995
Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts


Mel Martin and Bebop & Beyond Plays Dizzy Gillespie
featuring Dizzy Gillespie - CD R2 7917
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Mel Martin - saxophones, flute and arrangements, Warren Gale - trumpet and flugelhorn, Randy Vincent - guitar, George Cables - piano,
Jeff Chambers - bass, Donald "Duck" Bailey - drums, Vince Lateano - drums, John Santos Percussion

1. Wheatleigh Hall
2. Manteca/A Night In Nazca
3. I Waited For You
4. That's Earl Brother
5. Con Alma
6. Diddy-Wa-Diddy
7. Father Time
8. Rhythm Man (Do Not Disturb)

Produced by Mel Martin for Bebop and Beyond
Recorded 1991
Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
This was Dizzy Gillespie's last studio recording and it's a good one!

Mel Martin and Bebop & Beyond Plays Thelonious Monk
featuring Joe Henderson and Howard Johnson - CD R2 79154
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Mel Martin - tenor & soprano saxophones, flute,Warren Gale - trumpet and flugelhorn, Randy Vincent - guitar, George Cables - piano,
Jeff Chambers - bass, Donald "Duck" Bailey - drums, Eddie Marshall - drums, Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone, Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone and tuba

1. San Francisco Holiday
2. Brilliant Corners
3. Think of One
4. Crepescule with Nellie
5. Misterioso
6. Criss Cross
7. Gallop's Gallop
8. Ugly Beauty
9. Who Knows

Produced by Orrin Keepnews and Mel Martin for Bebop and Beyond
Recorded 1990
Transcriptions by Mel Martin , Randy Vincent & Bebop and Beyond
Arrangements by Mel Martin (assisted on Ugly Beauty by Howard Johnson)
Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Mel Martin and Bebop & Beyond - CD 244
Special Edition
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Mel Martin - tenor & soprano saxophones, flute,Warren Gale - trumpet, John Handy - alto saxophone,
George Cables - piano, Frank Tusa - bass, Eddie Marshall drums

1. Longhorn
2. On A Misty Night
3. Moon Magic
4. Evidence
5. Monk's Mood
6. One for All

Produced by Mel Martin for Bebop and Beyond
Recorded 1984

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Selected Discography

As Leader

Mel Martin Plays Benny Carter - Mel Martin - Enja-9041 2
w/ Benny Carter
(Funded in part by The National Endowment for the Arts. )
Bebop and Beyond Plays Dizzy Gillespie - Bluemoon R2 79170
w/ Dizzy Gillespie
(Funded in part by The National Endowment for the Arts)
Bebop and Beyond Plays Thelonious Monk - Bluemoon R2 79154
W/ Joe Henderson, Howard Johnson
(Funded in part by National Endowment for the Arts)
Bebop and Beyond - Concord CJ - 244 (Vinyl Only)
w/ John Handy, George Cables
Growing - Listen featuring Mel Martin - Inner City - IC 1025 (Vinyl Only)
Listen featuring Mel Martin - Inner - City IC 1055 (Vinyl Only)
She Who Listens - Mel Martin and Listen - Move Records (Vinyl Only)
Other Side Up - Mel Martin Duo with Randy VincentCatero Records - CAT 004 (Vinyl Only)

As Sideman

Jazz Celebration - A Tribute to Carl Jefferson - Concord CCD-7005
A Circle of Love - Freddie Cole - Fantasy FCD 9674-2
Always - Freddie Cole - Fantasy FCD 9670-2
Impressions - Afro Blue Band - Milestone - MCD 9237-2
Mongo Returns! - Mongo Santamaria - Milestone MCD 9245-2
Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - Milestone MCD9247-2
Azteca (Originally on CBS) - GNP Crescendo GNPD 2237
Pyramid of the Moon - Azteca - CBS (Vinyl only)
Caravanserai - Santana - CBS KC 31610
Welcome - Santana - CBS
Rainflowers - Susan Muscarella - Pacific Arts 135
First Taste of Sin - Cold Blood - Warner Brothers MS 2074
Boz Scaggs & Band - CBS C 30796
Moments - Boz Scaggs - CBS C 30454
Music of El Topo - Douglas 6

 

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Film and TV Scores
Rumblefish w/ Stewart Copeland - A&M 75021 4983 2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Warner Brothers
w/ Denny Zeitlen
The Warriors
Street Music
The Twilight Zone CBS

Educational
Mel Martin Masterclass CD - Saxophone Journal May/June 1995
Bebop and Beyond Play Along CD - Jazz Player Dec./Jan. 1994
Woodwinds & Reeds - Standard School Broadcast Series
w/ Stan Getz, Jean-Pierre Rampal

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