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SUMMARY:James Martin Band
DESCRIPTION:Saxophonist\, singer\, and songwriter James Martin is an acco
 mplished and award-winning solo artist\, band member and touring musicia
 n whose career has brought him international acclaim several times over.
  Beginning his career at the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative
  Arts where he became a founding member of classmate Troy “Trombone Shor
 ty” Andrews’ Orleans Avenue alongside Jon Batiste\, Martin earned a full
  scholarship to Loyola University with a double major in Jazz Saxophone 
 and Music Industries. During his seven-year tenure with Orleans Avenue\,
  he and the band released three albums\, some of which included original
  music contributed by Martin. Most recently\, his solo work with the Jam
 es Martin Band has led him to performances at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues
  Festival\; the Copenhagen Jazz Festival\; the PaP Jazz Fest in Haiti\; 
 the Spiagge Soul Festival south of Venice\, Italy\; the New Orleans Jazz
  Festival in Tel Aviv\; Fort L’Ecluse Jazz Festival in southern France\;
  the Ascona Jazz Festival in Switzerland\; as well as regular performanc
 es at renowned New Orleans venues including Tipitina’s\, The Spotted Cat
  Music Club and Carousel Lounge. The James Martin Band’s third album\, “
 Keep Movin’”\, debuted at #9 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. M
 artin has been an integral member of several other bands\, including the
  award-winning Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes\, the Billboard charting 
 Glen David Andrews Band and Soul Brass Band. With the globally touring S
 oul Brass Band\, Martin serves as a writer\, arranger and singer in addi
 tion to instrumentalist. The band released Levels\, produced by Galactic
 ’s Ben Ellman\, in early 2019. Along with Soul Brass Band co-founder Der
 rick Freeman\, Martin graced the cover of OffBeat Magazine in 2018 and h
 as been nominated Best Saxophonist at OffBeat’s Best of the Beat Music A
 wards several times. In addition to performances and recordings with Iva
 n Neville\, Flowtribe\, Amanda Shaw\, James Andrews and many other promi
 nent musicians\, Martin contributes original music to CBS’ “NCIS: New Or
 leans” and has been heard on Anthony Bourdain’s “Raw Craft\,” as well as
  on Abu Dhabi TV. On Abu Dhabi TV\, Martin hosted Middle Eastern compose
 r Faisal al Saari in New Orleans\, where the pair collaborated in a reco
 rding studio and live performance. Martin appeared on the award-winning 
 HBO series about post-Katrina New Orleans\, “Treme.” He earned nationwid
 e recognition for his 2011 appearance alongside acclaimed fiddler Amanda
  Shaw during the intro segment for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.” James
  is active in the local community as demonstrated in his work teaching m
 usic to incarcerated youths at the Travis Hill School through the Preser
 vation Hall program as well as the 2024 clinician for the New Orleans Ju
 nior High District Honor Jazz Band.\n\nMore info: https://www.jamesmarti
 nmusic.com/\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/1b010ce8-fd8d-4a16-a2e6
 -87d3963f2e2a
LOCATION:The Spotted Cat\, 623 Frenchmen St\, New Orleans\, LA 70116
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/1b010ce8-fd8d-4a16-a2e6-87d3963f2e2
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