Streaming Concert_#461: Heidi Martin "Gifts & Sacrifices" CD Release
Heidi Martin
"Heidi Martin's voice has a heavy Rickie Lee Jones bottom with a suggestion of Joni Mitchell and Betty Carter and just a hint of Janis Joplin in the finish." - All About Jazz
Recorded on 4 /8/22
Heidi Martin, vocals
Janelle Gill, piano/keys
Ameen Saleem, bass
Gene Lake, drums
Tim Warfield, sax
Josh Evans, trumpet
Paul Bollenback, guitar
April 2022 marks the release of 'Gifts & Sacrifices’ the new album from vocalist and composer Heidi Martin. Born in Washington D.C. She shared the stage as a featured vocalist with Nicholas Payton, Tim Warfield, George Burton, and Russell Gunn. As guest artist on recordings with Russell Gunn, and Dana Murray. Significant collaborations in co-writing and co- production with producer and keyboard innovator Raymond Angry, producer Russell Gunn, vocalist-composer Alison Crockett, (Moroccan) guitarist Hamza Badil and producer and drummer Dana Murray.
Select film credits include: Four of Martin’s compositions off her first album “HIDE” - were chosen as a soundtrack to REVOLUTION ’67, a documentary about the 1967 Newark rebellion by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Jerome and Marylou Bongiorno. Heidi has performed both nationally and internationally at Winter JazzFest, DC Jazz Festival, Black Arts Fest, Pori Jazz Festival (Finland), The Kenzi Sky Bar, Cadet Rouge in (Casablanca, Morocco). Heidi Martin is a distinguished Teaching Artist, Script-writer and Education Coordinator for DC Jazz Festival Education Programs
“Gifts & Sacrifices” Album release With special guest artist Paul Bollenback on guitar, Josh Evans on trumpet, Ameen Saleem on bass, Gene Lake on drums, Janelle Gill, Tim Warfield, as well as other guest artists
Streaming cost: $15
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