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Illy B Eats, Volume 3

Martin, Billy: Illy B Eats, Volume 3 (Amulet)


 

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UPC: 680490102011

Label: Amulet
Catalog ID: amt 020
Squidco Product Code: 6963

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2005
Country: USA
Packaging: Jewel Tray

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"This is the greatest of all drum beat CD's for DJ's, producers and anyone else who needs to get down with their bad selves. Produced by Scotty Hard (Wu Tang Clan, Prince Paul, DJ Logic, Medeski Martin & Wood, Sex Mob, Tricky, Material, Grave Diggas, PM Dawn, De La Soul, Cypress Hill...)-Amulet


Artist Biographies

"Billy Martin was born in NYC in 1963 to a Radio City Rockette and a concert violinist. At age 17, he devoted himself to music and dove into Manhattan's thriving, eclectic musical landscape. In the years to follow, he honed his craft everywhere from Broadway orchestra pits to Brazilian nightclubs and burgeoning underground performance spaces.

From the roots of the downtown scene he emerged with Medeski Martin and Wood, bridging the harmonic complexity of jazz, the conversational fluency of free improvisation, and the groove and swagger of classic R&B and funk. A series of albums and high-profile collaborations with John Scofield, John Zorn, iggy Pop, Natalie Merchant, and others, brought the band international acclaim.

Martin has relentlessly pursued diverse musical contexts, from free improvisation to chamber compositions to film scores. Much of his work is available via his Amulet Records label, which recently released the Road to Jajouka-a series of collaborations (produced by Martin) between the Master Musicians of Jajouka and such artists as Ornette Coleman, Flea, Marc Ribot, John Zorn, Lee Ranaldo, Bill Laswell, Mickey Hart, MMW and more.

Martin is also an accomplished filmmaker and visual artist, whose work has been exhibited in solo and group installations around the world including 2014's Cartegena de indias Bienal in Colombia and the Drawing Sound series at The Drawing Center in NYC (2015)

What began for Martin as tireless enthusiasm for music, percussion, and improvisation evolved into a wide ranging search for the roots of inspiration. Among the most valuable undertakings in this ongoing exploration is teaching. "When I teach," he explains, "I learn and discover methods to build my vocabulary and style, and I love to help others do the same"

His experiences as a teacher, student, and musician led him to create and direct Life on Drums, a cinematic exploration of percussion and the creative process with his childhood drum instructor, Allen Herman.

Billy is currently Executive Artistic Director and CEO of the legendary Creative Music Studio

He also owns and manages his own record label Amulet Records."

-Billy Martin Website (http://www.billymartin.net/about/)
3/27/2024

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Track Listing:



1. Gang War

2. Hopscotch

3. Nicklebags

4. Hot Wheels

5. Academy Street Gang (hi-hat-snare)

6. Academy Street Gang (ride-stick)

7. The River

8. Dykman Street

9. Johnny Boy

10. The Stoop

11. Steven Lane

12. Cooper Street Gang (hats)

13. Cooper Street Gang (ride)

14. Boiler Room

15. The Super

16. Waterbugs (hats)

17. Waterbugs (ride)

18. Twins

19. Cindy Goodwin

20. Jimmy The Jaw

21. Junkie

22. The Fentons

Related Categories of Interest:

Percussion & Drums
Electro-Acoustic
November 2006

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