Davis Martin

The Seattle percussionist Davis Martin shouldn’t be confused with the plethora of musicians named David Martin, actually if percussionists dropped beats just how editors have dropped and substituted the “s” in his first name they might be lucky to become hired for just about any gig in any way. Which is barely the situation with Davis Martin, a collaborative drive in some of the very most interesting combos to emerge from the rain-soaked, coffee-drenched town since the middle-’90s. One particular ensemble is normally Maktub, originally arranged first of 1996 with a summary of individuals who, like Martin, had been familiar encounters and noisemakers at Seattle night clubs specializing in substitute music. A few of these players such as for example vocalist and keyboardist Reggie W had been sidekicks from the drummer’s in some performing ensembles beneath the path of composer and maker Steve Fisk. As though literally standing up astride a set of high tom-toms, Martin offers were able to straddle two contrasting edges from the Seattle music picture: free of charge improvisation, which will totally avoid almost any regular tempo, and groove music, which survives for the heartbeat pulse as though a vampire out for the night feeding. Martin in addition has performed and documented using the Spice music group as well as the Sharpshooters, a hip-hop duo.