# Joe Martin (bassist)

Joe Martin is a jazz bassist and composer.

## Biography

Martin moved to New York City in 1994. His recording debut as a leader was Passage, a quartet album with tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, pianist Kevin Hays and drummer Jorge Rossy, recorded in 2001. Seven of the eight tracks were Martin compositions. His second album as leader was Not by Chance, in 2009, with Chris Potter (tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet), Brad Mehldau (piano), and Marcus Gilmore (drums). Martin has often worked in Turner's quartet, and in guitarist Gilad Hekselman's group.

## Discography

An asterisk (*) indicated that the year is that of release.

### As leader

| Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
| 2001 | Passage | Fresh Sound New Talent | Quartet, with Mark Turner (tenor sax), Kevin Hays (piano), Jorge Rossy (drums) |
| 2009 | Not by Chance | Anzic | Quartet, with Chris Potter (tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet), Brad Mehldau (piano), Marcus Gilmore (drums) |
| 2019? | Étoilée | Sunnyside | Quartet, with Mark Turner (tenor sax, soprano sax), Kevin Hays (piano), Nasheet Waits (drums) |

### As sideman

| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
| 2018 | Rudy Royston | Flatbed Buggy | Greanleaf |
| 2018 | Jerome Sabbagh | No Filter | Sunnyside |
| 2018 | Michael Leonhart | The Painted Lady Suite | Sunnyside |
| 2017 | Chris Potter | The Dreamer Is the Dream | ECM |
| 2017 | David Kikoski | Kayemode | Criss Cross |
| 2017 | Simona Premazzi | Outspoken | Premazzi |
| 2016* | Edward Simon | Latin American Songbook | Sunnyside |
| 2015* | Gilad Hekselman | Homes | Jazz Village |
| 2015* | Oded Lev-Ari | Threading | Anzic |
| 2015 | John Raymond | Foreign Territory | FSNT |
| 2014 | Anat Cohen | Luminosa | Anzic |
| 2014 | Jerome Sabbagh | The Turn | Sunnyside |
| 2013 | Mark Turner | Lathe of Heaven | ECM |
| 2013 | Gilad Hekselman | This Just In | Jazz Village |
| 2012* | Anat Cohen | Claroscuro | Anzic |
| 2012 | Donald Fagen | Sunken Condos-'Slinky Thing" | Reprise |
| 2012 | Nadje Noordhuis | Nadje Noordhuis | Little Mystery |
| 2011 | Gilad Hekselman | Hearts Wide Open | Chant du Monde |
| 2011 | John Stetch | Fabled States | Addo |
| 2010 | Jacam Manricks | Trigonometry | Posi-Tone |
| 2010 | John McNeil and Bill McHenry | Chill Morn He Climb Jenny | Sunnyside |
| 2010 | Scott Feiner | Accents | Zoho |
| 2009 | Raphael Imbert | NY Project | Harmonia Mundi |
| 2008 | Kurt Rosenwinkel | The Remedy | Artist Share |
| 2008 | John McNeil and Bill McHenry | Rediscovery | Sunnyside |
| 2008 | Jaleel Shaw | Optimism | Changu |
| 2008 | Gilad Hekselman | Words Unspoken | Late Set |
| 2007 | Jerome Sabbagh | Pogo | Bee Jazz |
| 2006 | Gilad Hekselman | Split Life | Smalls Records |
| 2005 | Jon Gordon | The Things You Are | Artist Share |
| 2004 | Jerome Sabbagh | North | FSNT |
| 2003 | Ari Ambrose | Jazmin | Steeplechase |
| 2002 | Jane Monheit | In the Sun | N-Coded |
| 1998 | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Intuit | Criss Cross |
| 1998 | Nat Su | The J Way | FSNT |
| 1997 | Jon Gordon | Along the Way | Criss Cross |
| 1996 | Perico Sambeat | Ademuz | FSNT |
| 1996 | Dan Faulk | Spirits in the Night | Fresh Sound |
| 1996 | International Hashva Orchestra | | TCB |
| 1995 | Michael Leonhart | Aardvark Poses | Sunnyside |