MARTY ISENBERG
Genres: Pop, Art Song, Folk • United States

Bassist Marty Isenberg’s career as a jazz musician began at the age of 12, after losing his father to cancer the year prior. Marty's father, a skilled amateur musician, kept many instruments around the house that he would play for the family. After his death, Marty would pull one of these instruments off the wall and begin teaching himself how to play by reading tablature in Bass Player Magazine. The first song he ever learned was My Own Summer by The Deftones. Playing bass was love at first pluck for Mr. Isenberg. It was a cathartic healing experience, a way to stay connected to his father, and a way to express himself creatively. He went on to study at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where he majored in Jazz Performance and minored in Jazz Composition and received his Master of Music degree from New York University. He read more...