User:Andre Martinez - Drummer

Andre Martinez - Drummer

Biography:
Born in Downtown Brooklyn in 1955.

In the early 1980s, Martinez embarked on a personal and creative relationship with pianist Cecil Taylor that ultimately lasted over two decades, including 11 years as an active member of Taylor's band. He toured the world as Taylor's drummer/percussionist in trios, quartet, quintets, sextet, octets and in Big Bands formats. Played drums, percussion and vibraphone on the album Winged Serpent(Sliding Quadrants), the video Burning Poles and on the double vinyl record Nicaragua No Pasaran - Willisau 1983. Together with Cecil Taylor they planned a new theatricality and cohesiveness to the group's presentations. Recently celebrated at the new Whitney Museum - Cecil Taylor/Open Plan exhibition and in 2016, Andre was a guest speaker at the Whitney Museum event and performed at Brooklyn College Presents - Unit Structures- The Music Of Cecil Taylor in 2019 as drummer for the Big Band.

References:

 * https://whitney.org/events/cecil-taylor-burning-poles
 * https://whitney.org/exhibitions/open-plan-cecil-taylor
 * https://burningambulance.com/2015/03/23/cecil-taylor-in-1983/
 * http://www.bb10k.com/PARKER.disc.html
 * http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mtaylors.html
 * https://www.dukeupress.edu/universal-tonality
 * https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1990-03-30-2723636-story.html
 * http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/centers/hitchcock/publications/amr/v49-2/yom.php
 * https://www.willisaujazzarchive.ch/people-acts/person/cecil-taylor.html
 * https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3224366
 * https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/cecil-taylor-1929-2018-by-phil-freeman


 * https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Taylor/Diskografie