Member Since: 29/05/2006
Band Website: www.martinspeake.co.uk
Band Members: Various bands over the years.
CHANGE OF HEART: (ECM) Bobo Stenson, Steve Watts, Jeff Williams.
GENERATIONS: Barry Green, Dave Green, Jeff Williams.
CONSTELLATION-CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF CHARLIE PARKER: Mike Outram, Simon Thorpe, Dave Wickins.
SECRET: Nikki Iles, Duncan Hopkins, Anthony Michelli.
TRISHUL: Dharambir Singh - sitar, Sarvar Sabri - tabla.
SPARK: duo with percussionist Mark Sanders.
Go to Pumpkin Records on myspace and you can hear 4 tracks from our cd SPARK.
Click on Pumpkin Records in my list of friends.
FEVER PITCH: Oren Marshall, Chris Batchelor, Stuart Hall, Dawson Miller, Dave Hassell, Paul Clarvis.
EXPLORING STANDARDS: Mick Hutton, Tom Skinner.
MARTIN SPEAKE GROUP: John Parricelli, Steve Watts, Steve Arguelles.
DUOS: with Colin Oxley and Phil Lee.
Influences: Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian, Lennie Tristano, Richard Pryor, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Lee Konitz, Miles Davis, Ravel, Steve Coleman, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Warne Marsh, Charlie Haden, Stravinsky, Debussy, James Taylor, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Albert Ayler, Bud Powell, Dr.L Subramaniam, Django Bates, Paul Bley, Bach, Ellery Eskelin, Bill Hicks, Sonny Stitt, Joe Lovano, Derek Bailey, Mike Outram, Dewey Redman, Ed Blackwell, The Beatles, Larry Goldings, Mark Sanders, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joe Henderson......... I'll finish this some other time.
Sounds Like: A mixture of all of the above.
Record Label: Pumpkin. ECM. Sanctuary. 33. Basho. Spotlite.