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Artist |
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Setlist |
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| 1/29/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Boom Boom Room, San Francisco, CA | Set 1: Improv, Unknown, Unknown, Caravan, Improv, Improv, Unknown; Set 2: 32nd St. > Improv, Blue Pepper, Sketchy, Keep On Gwine, Unknown, Unknown, I Wanna Ride You, Ode To Billie Joe; Encore: Unknown; * with Cornelius Boots on baritone sax, Allen Herman on drums, Mike Olmos on trumpet & Corey Wright on tenor sax | 168:40 | 111767 t s |
| 3/29/2011 | Billy Martin | The Stone, New York, NY | with DJ Olive and Ikue Mori; "Soundtrack Without a Movie" | | |
| 3/30/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Medeski Martin & Dunn, Lincoln Center, New York, NY | John Zorn's MASADA Marathon | 26:19 | t t |
| 4/2/2011 | Billy Martin | Day of Percussion, Western CT State University, Danbury, CT | "Life on Drums" clinic with Allen Herman | | |
| 4/10/2011 | Billy Martin | The Drum Studio, Sarasota, FL | "Life on Drums" clinic | | |
| 4/11/2011 | Billy Martin | Seminole Music, Seminole, FL | "Life on Drums" clinic | | |
| 4/14/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Mago, The Pour House, Charleston, SC | Set 1: Baby Goats, L'Aventura > Bonfa > Apology > Drum Solo, Bamboo Pants, Waltz For Quentin > Swamp Road#; Set 2: Crustaceatron, Mojet > Safak > Miss Teardrop > Worms > You Haven't Done Nothin' > Down On Me#; Encore: Heaven On Earth > Fuck You Guys; # with Quentin Baxter on washboard | 129:21 | t t t s |
| 4/30/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Blue Nile, New Orleans, LA | | | |
| 5/3/2011 | Billy Martin | Johnny Vidacovich Trio, D.B.A., New Orleans, LA | Jazz Fest Late Night; Set 1: Careful Who You Idolize > It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing > Improv* > I Don't Know* > Happy Birthday To Robert*; Set 2: Snakes & Spiders, Maple Plank, 34 Small, Don't Be Squeezin' My Heart, Unknown, Tequila, Unknown; Encore: Dr. Watson > Hot Coffee > You Are My Sunshine; The Trio: Johnny Vidacovich, Billy Martin & Robert Walter; * with Mark Southerland; ^ Robert Walter missed the first set because he had to go borrow an organ from someone | 190:23 | LMA |
| 5/11/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, Sullivan Hall, New York, NY | One Set Only: Congo March, El Ritmo, Sugarfoot Stomp, Poor Folks, Button To Button, Remington 411, Yasisa Bambuta, Crosstown Traffic, Theme 1, Juana B, I'm Blue | 86:45 86:45 | 114552 t 114553 t s |
| 5/12/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, Club Helsinki, Hudson, NY | Partial Show: Button To Button, Congo March, Juana B, Manic Depression | 31:45 | 116035 t s |
| 5/24/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Mago, True People's Ceremony for Tohoku, Japan Disaster, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY | | | |
| 5/24/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, True People's Ceremony for Tohoku, Japan Disaster, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY | | | |
| 6/3/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Mago, Benefit for Scotty Hard, Drom, New York, NY | Partial show: Bonfa | 6:33 | t t |
| 6/17/2011 | Billy Martin | Nels Cline, Billy Martin, Jacob Sacks & Oren Bloedow, Spontaneous Construction, Blue Note, New York, NY | Nels Cline (guitar), Billy Martin (drums), Jacob Sacks (piano) & Oren Bloedow (bass) | 57:17 | t |
| 8/12/2011 | Billy Martin | August Residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art, DJ Duet with Val-Inc & Wicked Knee, New York, NY | | | |
| 8/19/2011 | Billy Martin & Chris Wood | August Residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art: Celebrating 20 years of MMW, Mister Rourke with Charlie Burnham, Chris Wood & Billy Martin, New York, NY | One Set Only: Improv*# > Improv*# > Improv*+# > Improv+# > Improv+# > Improv+*% > Improv+*%# > Improv+*%, Improv+*%# > Drum Solo+ > DJ Solo#, Improv+*%# > Improv+*%# > Improv+*%#; * with Chris Wood (electric bass, acoustic stand-up bass, Hoeffner bass); + with Billy Martin (drums, percussion); # with DJ Mister Rourke (turntables); % with Charles Burnham (violin, harmonica, electric mando-guitar) | 85:33 | 115808 t u u s |
| 9/29/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, The Falcon, Marlboro, NY | Partial show: I'm Blue; Wicked Knee: Billy Martin (drums, percussion), Steven Bernstein (trumpets), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone) & Marcus Rojas (tuba) | 6:31 | t t |
| 10/9/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | John Medeski's Musical Benefit for the Secoyas of the Ecuadorian Rainforest, The Falcon, Marlboro, NY | John Medeski (keys), Bill Evans (sax) & Billy Martin (drums) with special guests Mike Rivard (bass, sintir), Steven Bachman (digeridoo), Phillippe Pascal Garnier (crystral singing bowls) & others | | |
| 11/30/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Mago, The Blockley, Philadelphia, PA | | | |
| 11/30/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, The Blockley, Philadelphia, PA | | | |
| 12/1/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Mago, (le) poisson rouge, New York, NY | One Set Only: Introducing Mago > Miss Teardrop > Thundercloud > Bamboo Pants, Safak > Improv > Mojet > Worms* > Thumb Piano Solo > Crustaceatron+ > Improv# > [continues into Wicked Knee's set]]; * with Take the A-Train quote near end; + unfinished; # horns join the band for transition into Wicked Knee set; Mago is: John Medeski (keys) & Billy Martin (percussion) | 64:07 | 117538 t t s |
| 12/1/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, (le) poisson rouge, New York, NY | One Set Only: [continues from Mago's set] > Manic Depression#, Congo March, Theme 1, Remington 411, El Ritmo, Button To Button, Canta y No Llores; # with John Medeski on organ; Wicked Knee is: Billy Martin (percussion), Marcus Rojas (tuba), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone) & Steven Bernstein (trumpet) | 57:19 | 117539 t t s |
| 12/2/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Mago, Helsinki Hudson, Hudson, NY | One Set Only: Introducing Mago > Organ Interlude > Crustaceatron > Open Improv > Mojet, Bamboo Pants, Safak > Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps) > Worms > Thundercloud (?) > Fuck You Guys; Mago: John Medeski (keys) & Billy Martin (percussion); Triple Bill: Cavemen featuring Cyro Baptista, Mago & Wicked Knee | 60:03 | 117575 t t s |
| 12/2/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, Helsinki Hudson, Hudson, NY | One Set Only: Congo March, El Ritmo, Remington 411, Yasisa Bambuta > Cry, Illmoan# > Too Darn Hot, I'm Blue#*, Manic Depression#; Encore: Button To Button; # with John Medeski on organ; * with 3rd Stone From The Sun jam; Wicked Knee is: Billy Martin (percussion), Marcus Rojas (tuba), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone) & Steven Bernstein (trumpet) | 83:32 | 117576 t t s |
| 12/3/2011 | John Medeski & Billy Martin | Mago, Uptown Theatre, Utica, NY | Canceled due to the promoter losing his liquor license | | |
| 12/3/2011 | Billy Martin | Wicked Knee, Uptown Theatre, Utica, NY | Canceled due to the promoter losing his liquor license | | |
| 12/9/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, The Mix, Seattle, WA | | | |
| 12/10/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, The Goodfoot, Portland, OR | Set 1: Unknown, Baby Goats, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown; Set 2: Blue Pepper, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown; Encore: Unknown; # with Skerik on saxophone for set 2 | 132:39 | 127277 t s |
| 12/11/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Cozmic Pizza, Eugene, OR | No Setlist Available | 78:52 | 117624 t s |
| 12/13/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Jambalaya, Arcata, CA | | | |
| 12/15/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA | | | |
| 12/16/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Boom Boom Room, San Fransisco, CA | Set 1: Baby Goats, 32nd Street, ?Improv?, Sketchy > ???, ???; Set 2: ?Improv?, ???, Blue Pepper, Big Brother; Encore: ?Improv?; # with Eric Krasno for set 2 | 150:37 | 117732 t s |
| 12/17/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, Boom Boom Room, San Fransisco, CA | | | |
| 12/18/2011 | Billy Martin | Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo, The Mint, Los Angeles, CA | | | |
Billy Martin Performance History