Martin Nevin

Bassist, Composer, Educator

Martin Nevin is a composer and bassist originally from Los Angeles, CA. He has performed and/or recorded with notable artists such as Albert “Tootie” Heath, Billy Hart, Greg Osby, Jason Moran, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ethan Iverson, and Aaron Parks, in venues across the U.S and abroad. Martin’s debut as a leader, Tenderness is Silent, was released in 2017. In that same year he was awarded a grant by the American Composers Forum to compose Scratch at the Same Table, a song cycle based on the poetry of Jonathan C. Creasy. Martin holds a B.M. from Manhattan School of Music and an M.A. from Columbia University.

 

 

Selected Discography:

As a leader: Tenderness is Silent (2018)

As a co-leader:

Constant Stranger (Fresh Sounds, 2018)

Sketches: Vol. 2 (BJUR records, 2014)

SketchesL Vol. 1 (BaldHill records, 2013)

(more info at sketchesmusic.com)

As a sideman:

Ben Flocks: Mask of the Muse (2019)

Sam Harris: HARMONY (2018)

Richard Sears: Iron Year (2018)

Timo Vollbrecht and Fly Magic: Faces Places (Berthold Records, 2018)

Pawan Benjamin: Tinte Baja (2018)

LeBoeuf Brothers: Imaginist (2016)

Richard Sears Trio: Skyline (Fresh Sounds Records, 2015)

Matt Marantz Quartet: Soliloquy (2015)

Sam Harris: Interludes (Fresh Sounds Records, 2013)

Richard Sears Trio: Vol. 1 (2013)

Matt Marantz: Offering (2010)