Linley Marthe

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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 marthe & francis lassus duo
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    Cedric Oct 6, 2010 @ 5:48 am | delete
    I am from Mauritius and I discovered Mr Marthe at a Joe Zawinul Syndicate concert back in 2007... I was quite lucky to see Mr Zawinul line up with our greatest Mauritian bassist in one of his last shows. It was however Mr Marthe's night as the latter displayed unchallenged mastery of rhythm, aligning and modulating theblues , the jazz and even the sega. My dream as a would-be journalist is to be able to write a nice documentary on the music of my country...
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    guillame Jan 8, 2010 @ 4:02 pm | delete
    he is incredible, i had seen him in paris, incrrrrrredible;and more...his girlfriend she s a beautiful and talented italian bass player:groovy and lovely
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    Daniel Dec 31, 2008 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Hi Hinley,you remember me?I see you in Tamarin 2007.
    I wish you a happy new jear and all the best for the jear 2009!!!
    You are the greatest bass player I ever see befor,wow!!!
    Daniel
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    Poultouk Apr 2, 2008 @ 9:31 am | delete
    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.
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    Kiwik Nov 20, 2007 @ 4:14 am | delete
    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!!!
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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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