Martin Eagle has had a long and varied musical career which has ranged from performing in the first Lighthouse Jazz Festival in California and the first Avant Garde Jazz festival in New York, to appearances at the original Birdland jazz club and a concert at Carnegie recital Hall, as well as being musical director for “pop” legends Mama Cass Elliot and Bobby Hatfield of The Righteous brothers. He was part of the seminal Don Ellis big band and has performed with such international jazz stars as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Paul Motian and Steve Swallow. His seven CDs have featured original music, a body of work that now includes nearly 60 titles. These compositions have been lauded for their quality, originality and diversity by artists from across the jazz spectrum, including Marian McPartland, Steve Swallow and Claus Ogerman, sentiments echoed by reviews in The Independent, The Raleigh News And Observer and The Durham Herald Sun.
