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Drummer from
Northampton, England, who began beating the skins at the age of six and was
playing professionally by the time he was
thirteen. In 1982, he appeared
on Freddie Hubbard's album, Face
to Face. Then he performed
on Dick Morrissey's After Dark
in 1983. He was a fixture in Oscar
Peterson's
cadre of musicians, appearing on a series of LPs in
the '80s and beyond, including Benny
Carter Meets Oscar Peterson, Hark: Buddy DeFranco
Meets The Oscar Peterson Quartet, Oscar
in Paris: Oscar Peterson Live
at the Salle Pleyel, Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington, and Oscar Peterson Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite. In 2000, he helped co-found the
tribute band, Celebrating the Jazz Couriers, along with Mornington
Lockett. That group evolved
into The New Jazz Couriers, then The New Couriers. He left Oscar
Peterson's
outfit in 2004. In 2005, he appeared on fellow Oscar
Peterson Trio alum Ray
Brown's
Summer Wind CD. Then he was with Gene Harris Live in London in 2008. Martin's career has spanned
half a century. The New
Couriers continue to perform and record to this day. Their latest release, Brazilian Thoroughfare, debuted in
February 2009.
Sources:
- http://homepages.tesco.net/~martindrew/
- http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Martin-Drew
- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Martin%20Drew/a/Martin%20Drew.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Drew
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