Recording Credits for One Eye Open:
Guitars - Todd Parsnow, Matt Woodburn, and Danny Sanchez
Drums - Chuck "Popcorn" Lowden, Benny Medina, and Jimmy Morgan
Bass - Nate Robinson
Keyboards - Robert Clayton Sanders, Mike Hanna
Trumpets - Dan Boney Fields, Freddie Jones, and Galen Jeter
Tenor sax - Marchel Ivery, Pete Brewer
Background vocals - Ebony Oliver, Leah Lampton, and Kerrie Lepai
Lead Vocals - Richard Martinez, Ebony Oliver./
The "R.S." Trio - John "Slick" Banks, Pete Kaplan, and Richard MartinezFull View
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Influences
Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, Mel Torme.., Joe Williams, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Tower of Power, James Brown, the Jazz Crusaders to name a few.
Sounds Like
Adult Contemporary Music - Jazz, Blues, Funk, and Rap blended into the Renown Sound.
Richard Martinez is a multi-instrumentalist (Player of brass instruments) composer, who was born September 14, 1955 in San Antonio Texas.
Age 8 Richard studied piano, sang in the choir, and at 10 began his life- long passion for the trombone. In the 1970’s, while Richard was attending high school, he played in the Renown Sound band playing at local country clubs and military bases.
Richard went on to study at North Texas State University as a music major. In 1977 Richard auditioned and won a position with the prestigious United States Air Force Band touring the southwestern states. Upon departure from the Air Force, Richard returned to make Dallas Ft. Worth area his home, playing in clubs with his own group “Rebound”
1990’s Richard toured internationally with Lucky Peterson & Bernard Allison as a featured side man and intgal part of their horn sections. In 2005 after years of playing behind accomplished jazz and blues men, he began writing what would become his debut solo album. One Eye Open is a life time of reflections on the adversities and joys all rolled up into a mixture of sounds, textures and musical passion.
Richard attributes much of his early jazz schooling to his mentor and founder of Renown Sound, Gary Rosenblatt, the big band and music theory instructor, igniting his passion in High School. Musical influences include, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Freddy Hubbard, The Jazz Crusaders, Earth Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, and James Brown to name a few.
Release: July 1, 2008
Titled: One Eye Open – Richard Martinez
Richard Martinez
Artist/Composer
Tel:214-315-9112
For more information; Contact - rbscatman@yahoo.com
Richard "The Scatman"Martinez's Friend Space (Top 8)
Richard, That was so much fun playing music with you at The Hole in the Wall last night. Thank you so very much for making us sound so good. Best of luck to you in France next week. Drink a cold Ale in London for Deneice and me. MyHotComments
Thanks very much for your gracious add and good afternoon to you in beautiful Texas!
You have wonderful music on your page (and I see from your Bio that you are quite the virtuoso versed and talented on many instruments, as well as composing), and you have great music influences as well.
Have a wonderful week and all my very best to you.
