BIO

   Guitarist Ross Martin grew up in the Dallas, Texas area listening to rock and pop music, unaware he was being influenced by the country and bluegrass sounds of his parents' record collection. While attending the nearby University of North Texas, Ross developed an interest in jazz and quickly decided to become a jazz studies major. His last year at UNT afforded the opportunity of playing and traveling with the school's One O'Clock Lab Band. After school, a desire to learn chickin pickin guitar styles a la Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Ray Flack and Jerry Reed led to a stint touring with country bands.

   For the past 6 years, Ross has lived in the Denver, Colorado area, working with a wide range of musical projects. These include: The Theory of Everything, Mollie O'Brien, Ron Miles, The Tony Furtado Band, The Motet, Nina Storey, The Matt Flinner Quartet, The Three Twins, Greenwich Gulch and others. His playing can be heard on recordings by the Tony Furtado Band, The Motet, Ron Miles (soon to be released), Nina Storey, Chris Winston, Armando Zuppa, John Baribeau, Billy and Liza, The Winstons and Kirwan Brown. Ross has also just completed his first cd, Volley, which is available at www.rossmartinguitar.com and at shows. The cd features 10 original compositions and performaces by Dave Watts, Greg Raymond, Marc Dalio, Bijou, Eric Thorin, Matt Flinner and Greg Garrison.

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Ross is influenced and inspired by the music of:

Allison Krauss, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Clint Strong, Chick Corea, Bill Frisell, Darol Anger, Brent Mason, Matt Flinner, David Grier, Ron Miles, Jerry Douglas, Gillian Welch, John Scofield, Brian Blade, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, Alban Berg, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Dave Douglas, Miles Davis, Dar Williams and Stuart Duncan, among many others.