Vocalist/Songwriter/Producer/Writer/Voiceover. Twice Winner of ASCAPlus Award (2007-2008 and 2008-2009)
Born in Philadelphia, Gail Marten began her singing career in 1980 shortly after moving to Maryland. Performing throughout the mid-Atlantic region, Marten has captivated audiences at music festivals, concert venues, jazz clubs and private social events. In the ’90s she held long term engagements at many premier area hotels (including Omni, Hyatt Regency, Hilton, Radisson, Sheraton, Renaissance…); and she has performed at first rate venues (including Blues Alley, Bohemian Caverns, Baltimore’s Pier Six Concert Pavilion, Ethel’s Place, Eubie Live!, New York’s West End Club and Rita Dimitri’s, Charlie’s-Georgetown, Hilton Hotel-UK…)
She has worked with dozens of jazz notables including Larry Willis, Cyrus Chestnut, George Colligan, Richard Johnson, Unified Jazz Ensemble, Clem Ehoff, Robert Shahid, Eric Kennedy, Tim Whalen, Fred Hughes, Charles Covington, Jeff Wilson, Dick Durham, Bob Diener, Billy Colucci, Tim Murphy, Reuben Brown, Todd Simon, Benny Waters, O’Donel Levy, Steve Novosel, Greg Hatza, Darius Scott, Tom Lagana, Herman Burney, Amy Shook, Eric Wheeler, Alfonso Rondon, Marty Knepp, Ricky Loza, Alfredo Mojica, Victor Dvoskin, Gary Grainger, Ron Kearns, Sam King, Arnold Sterling and so many other great musicians.
Marten’s CDs are in regular rotation at radio stations world-wide, and her music is included on 26 CDs produced by EQ Music and Elm Records based in Singapore.
Numerous awards have been received for her CDs produced with Clem Ehoff, Beyond The Rainbow, Pure Joy, and Is It Love. Her CD, In Love Again, Featuring pianist Larry Willis, has received international acclaim, and was named one of The Best 20 Vocal Jazz CDs of 2009 by jazz critic and journalist W. Royal Stokes at Jazz House Diaries.
AWARDS for Songwriting and Performance:
ASCAPlus, Women’s Radio Best of the 2000’s, UK International Songwriting Contest, Great American Songbook, JPF International, Baltimore Jazzine Best Recording of the Year 2011, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Billboard Songwriting Contest, Broadjam’s Summer Music Challenge, Lyric Awards Global Contest, Song & Film, Finland’s Vantaa Jazz Heritage, Film Music Network and others.
Gail Marten discography:
1987 (CS) Foreign Affairs (cassette)
CD releases by Gail Marten & the Clem Ehoff Trio:
2001 (CD) Beyond the Rainbow
2003 (CD) Pure Joy
2005 (CD) Is It Love
Gail Marten:
2009 (CD) In Love… Again
2011 (CD) Gold Edition Jazz Series (import)
In addition her recordings have been featured on dozens of compilation albums.
Marten is the editor/designer of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance 12-page monthly newsletter, for which she regularly contributes her articles. She served as board member and consultant at The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center 2009-2016.
Marten has provided narration for several corporate video productions.
Her debut book of short fiction is on the horizon, and she is collaborating with Clem Ehoff to add more songs to their portfolio.
– Borrowed from Gail Marten’s website
