Dave Martin (1907–1975) was an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

musician. He was a New York-based

bandleader A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or ...

of the 1940s and 1950s.Benny Waters – The key to a jazzy life 1985– Page 52 "DAVE MARTIN'S ORCHESTRA As well as the Norwood Fenner's job, I played with Dave Martin's orchestra. He had a little Society orchestra also. He was the Dave Martin connected with the school of music in Harlem. We were playing pretty ."

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AllMusic biography
American jazz musicians 1907 births 1975 deaths 20th-century American musicians {{US-jazz-musician-stub