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Released: Jul 15, 2006
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  • Genre: Jazz

    Location London and South East, UK

    Profile Views: 20131

    Last Login: 10/31/2010

    Member Since 5/29/2006

    Website www.martinspeake.co.uk

    Record Label Pumpkin. ECM. Sanctuary. 33. Basho. Spotlite.

  • Bio

    JAZZ AT THE LUNA LOUNGE 7 CHURCH LANE LEYTONSTONE E11 1PG 8PM EVERY MONDAY THIS VENUE IS VERY CLOSE TO LEYTONSTONE TUBE STATION £5 ADMISSION AND BAR AND INDIAN FOOD I AM PLAYING THERE EVERY MONDAY WITH A QUARTET UNLESS I HAVE A GIG SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEN THERE WILL BE GUEST SAXOPHONISTS INSTEAD OF ME. I am an alto saxophonist/composer and jazz educator based in London and have various projects of my own. These include duos with percussionist Mark Sanders playing improvised music and with Colin Oxley playing jazz standards... .. A 7 piece called FEVER PITCH playing Arabic/Indian inspired music with Stuart Hall, Chris Batchelor, Oren Marshall, Paul Clarvis, Dawson Miller and Dave Hassell... .. CONSTELLATION playing the music of Charlie Parker with Mike Outram, Simon Thorpe and Dave Wickins... .. EXPLORING STANDARDS with Mick Hutton and Tom Skinner..... SECRET with Nikki Iles, Duncan Hopkins and Anthony Michelli... .. CHANGE OF HEART with Paul Motian, Bobo Stenson and Mick Hutton..... MARTIN SPEAKE GROUP with Mike Outram, Steve Watts and Jeff Williams..... TRISHUL with Dharambir Singh and Sarvar Sabri..... All these projects are available on cd along with some others from www.jazzcds.co.uk.... I teach at Trinity College of Music, Royal Academy of Music and Middlesex University and sometimes privately..... ...... ...... ....

  • 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.

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  • Richard Harris


    LOVE is all you need Martin!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE ...

    "LOVE is LIFE.

    And if you MISS LOVE,

    you MISS LIFE."

    ~ Leo Buscaglia

    LOVE IS THE BEAUTY OF THE SOUL!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    9 days ago
  • Richard Harris


    NOBODY'S PERFECT Martin!
     
     
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PERFECTION ...

    "I don't like these COLD, PRECISE, PERFECT PEOPLE

    who, in order not to SPEAK WRONG, NEVER SPEAK

    AT ALL, and in order not to DO WRONG, NEVER DO

    ANYTHING."

    ~ Henry Ward Beecher

    IMPERFECTIONS ARE PART OF BEING HUMAN.

    EVEN PERFECT PEOPLE USE PENCILS WITH ERASERS!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    26 days ago
  • Richard Harris


    My Dear Friend Martin!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP ...

    "A FRIEND is what the HEART NEEDS all the time.

    Anyone can tell you IT WON'T HURT TOMORROW.

    But I'm here to LISTEN WHILE IT HURTS TODAY."

    A FRIEND IS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS YOUR

    PAST, BELIEVES IN YOUR FUTURE, AND ACCEPTS

    YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE TODAY!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    2 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


    May you FIND PEACE Martin!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PEACE AND LOVE ...

    “To be AT ONE WITH GOD is to be AT PEACE ...

    PEACE is to be found only within, and unless one finds it

    there he will NEVER FIND IT AT ALL.  PEACE lies not in the

    external world. It lies WITHIN ONE'S OWN SOUL.”

    ~ Ralph Waldo Trine

    ALL WE ARE SAYING ~ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    2 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Happy Valentine's Day Martin!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY ...

    "All you NEED IS LOVE.

    But a LITTLE CHOCOLATE

    now and then DOESN'T HURT."

     ~ Charles M. Schulz

    WHAT THE WORLD REALLY NEEDS IS MORE LOVE

    AND LESS PAPERWORK!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    3 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Just BE HAPPY Martin!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT HAPPINESS ...

    "We tend to forget that HAPPINESS doesn't come as a
    result of GETTING SOMETHING we don't have, but rather
    of recognizing and appreciating WHAT WE DO HAVE."

    ~ Frederick Koenig

    PEOPLE ARE JUST AS HAPPY AS THEY MAKE UP THEIR
    MINDS TO BE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    4 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Give Thanks Today Martin!

     

     TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GIVING THANKS ...

    "It isn't what you have in your POCKET

     that makes you THANKFUL,

     but WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEART."

    JUST A "THANK YOU" IS A MIGHTY POWERFUL PRAYER -

    IT SAYS IT ALL!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and GRATITUDE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    4 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Share the WARMTH and LOVE OF CHRISTMAS Martin!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS ...

    KRIS KRINGLE, the ONLY MAN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AND CERTIFIED as "THE ONE AND ONLY SANTA CLAUS" by Order of the New York State Supreme Court, the Honorable Judge Henry X. Harper presiding, says as follows:

    "Be a LITTLE NICER and a LITTLE MORE KIND to everyone you meet and come in contact with this Christmas season. 

    Christmas is a GIVING TIME, a CHARITABLE TIME, a time when men of goodwill can REACH OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED, and give them LOVE, WARMTH, and UNDERSTANDING."

    CHRISTMAS WAVES A MAGIC WAND OVER THIS WORLD,  AND BEHOLD, EVERYTHING IS SOFTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    5 months ago
  • Jessica H. Everson


    Hey,How do you do?

    1 year ago
  • Jessica H. Everson



    Hi,my friend.Was it a lovely day yesterday?

    1 year ago
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