Rebecca Martin

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Rebecca Martin
Rebecca Martin, in 2004.
Background information
Born	(1969-04-24) 24 April 1969 (age 56) Rumford, Maine, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, vocal jazz, pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	MAXJAZZ, Sunnyside
Website	www.rebeccamartin.com

Rebecca Martin (born April 24, 1969) is an American singer and songwriter from Rumford, Maine.

Discography

As leader

• Thoroughfare (self-released, 1998)
• Middlehope (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2001)
• People Behave Like Ballads (Maxjazz, 2004)
• The Growing Season (Sunnyside, 2008)
• When I Was Long Ago (Sunnyside, 2010)
• Twain (Sunnyside, 2013)

As sidewoman

• Paul Motian Trio 2000 + One, On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (Winter & Winter, 2006)

Collaborations

• Once Blue with Jesse Harris (EMI, 1995) – reissued with bonus tracks by EMI/Toshiba Japan (1997)
• Tillery, Tillery with Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens (Core Port, 2016)
• The Upstate Project with Guillermo Klein (Sunnyside, 2017)
• Once Blue Live at the Handlebar with Jesse Harris (Core Port, 2018) – live recorded in 1996
• After Midnight with Larry Grenadier, Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos (Core Port, 2022)

As producer

• Dorothy Scott, Everywhere Is Music (1997)
• The Independence Project Live at The Outlook with Frank Tedesso and Timothy Hill (1999)

External links

Music

• Official website
• Rebecca Martin Voice Leaps Between Genres in The New York Times
• Jazzreview.com interview
• The Growing Season in The New York Times
• The Growing Season in Jazz Times
• The Growing Season in The New York Times
• The Growing Season in All About Jazz
• "Jazz Vocalist Rebecca Martin: Interpreter of Melodies", The Wall Street Journal
• "Spare Vocals Illuminate Emotions Underneath", The New York Times

Rebecca Martin as Community Advocate, Management

• "A Jazz Singer Fights Niagara Bottling", New Yorker
• On Victory Gardens in Kingston, New York, The Daily Freeman
• "Church in Kingston apologizes for slavery", The Daily Freeman
• "In Kingston, an African-American burial ground is rededicated", The Daily Freeman
• "Preparing for a new crop: Dig Kids program looks ahead", The Daily Freeman
• "In Land They Trust: Kingston group aims to protect open space, create rail trail in city", The Daily Freeman