I had never heard of Linley Marthe until I saw the Zawinul Syndicate live at Blues Alley in Washington DC, October 2006. I've been looking for recordings with him ever since.
Zawinul knows how to pick bass players, and Linley is no exception.
There's very little on the web about Linley, and I hope that changes. Here's some of what I've found so far...
New recording!
Linley's new album, Samabe's "TOC", is a collaboration with drummer Chander Sardjoe and guitarist Eric Bensoussan.Check out these tracks, available from the Samabe site:
Coffee Pot
Rhinoceros
To Waken
TOC
Linley live
Linley recordings
Hadrien Feraud
Linley Marthe appears on Hadrien Feraud's new solo album.
Vienna Nights: Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland
This 2-disc live collection features Linley Marthe on bass.
Have you seen Linley live?
Tell us about it.
Poultouk wrote
Hi,
i had the pleasure to play with linley when he was 14 YEARS OLD. We played every night in a hotel in mauritius during 3 years. He was already an unbelievable bass player.
Everybody was saying the he would be one of the best in the world and that's what he is today.
I'm very proud of him.
For me he is the best groovy and impressive modern jazz electric bass player actually.
Kiwik wrote
I had seen him with Zawinul Syndicate in April(UK) and was amazed to see him touring New Zealand with Mario Canonge and Chander Sardjoe.In Auckland I rounded up some friends and we had a blast. Pre-show Linely and another bass-player jammed for 40 minutes in the lobby.Very special!Hats off!!!
Linley on the web
- Linley Marthe - Fan Site
- A great fan site with the most info on Linley I've found in one place on the web.
- Linley Marthe workshops in Holland
- Linley often runs clinics when he's not on tour.
- Jazz Artist Interview Joe Zawinul @ jazzreview.com
- During his interview, Zawinul discusses how he met Linley.
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