Martin Williams
Martin Williams (PRS)
A saxophonist with the BBC Big Band and a writer/arranger for concerts, TV and library music.
Latest Tracks
- No Getting Over You4588/3Bewitching, classic 1950s big band swing love song with strings & smooth male vocal3:03
- Memories In The Sky4588/6Velvety ballad with romantic male vocal, lush strings, piano, light rhythm section & tenor sax solo3:22
- Back From The Brink3751/2Driving rock shuffle groove with powerful brass, unison trumpets & guitar solo. 1970s/80s detective theme feel2:43
- The Tilted Fedora3751/3Furtive 1960s detective/spy theme with sleazy saxophone & lightly swinging big band2:41
- Shim Sham Special3751/4Boisterous big band jump jive with lively solo trumpet, jungle tom toms & rockabilly rhythm section2:01
- Jumpsuit And Shades3751/5Swaggering 1970s cop/detective theme with powerful horns, heroic high trumpets, funky rhythm section & guitar solo3:01
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The story behind the sound
Martin Williams studied jazz and saxophone at Florida International University, and composition and orchestration at the Royal College of Music. As a member of the BBC Big Band, he has featured in hundreds of broadcasts on BBC Radio 2’s Big Band Special. Martin has played on over 200 studio albums; over 200 television shows; over 1,000 BBC Radio broadcasts, together with multiple Grammy and Oscar-winning recordings. In 2010 he received a Grammy nomination for his participation in Jessye Norman’s album Roots: My Life, My Song. Martin’s career has also seen him be a prolific writer and arranger for concerts, broadcast, television and library music.
Saxophonist and woodwind expert Martin Williams plays with the BBC Big Band, and is a prolific writer and arranger for concerts, broadcast, television and library music.