Percussion great Martin Verdonk started a new project called the 'Martin Verdonk Master Sessions - live from Triple A Music.' The Master Sessions are a music program recorded at the Triple-A-Music studio in Almere, the Netherlands with each month a new episode containing four songs. The sessions are truly Master-Sessions, knowing that the rules of the game are simple: four songs are recorded in four hours, without overdubs or auto tune. All audio and video recordings are live, raw and uncut. Each song must be rehearsed and recorded in one hour. And as you can see in the first two episodes below, the incredible talents in the videos nail it easily.
Initiated by international award winning percussionist Martin Verdonk and renowned sound engineer Lex Amrein, the songs recorded can be vocal or instrumental, and in any style, like pop, rock, blues, funk, soul or Latin-jazz. The recordings often feature international guest artists. Episodes three and four are already recorded and will be published on every 25th of the coming months. We can't wait to see what's coming next. Also included on the right is the short teaser for the Master Sessions.
Martin Verdonk Master Sessions live from Triple-A-Music Episode 1 Featuring Salle de Jonge - drums and Martin Verdonk - percussion
Martin Verdonk Master Sessions Live From Triple-A-Music Episode 2 Featuring Arie den Boer - drums and Martin Verdonk - percussion
About Martin Verdonk Born in Curacao in 1959, he moved to the Netherlands with his parents in 1971. He studied percussion at the Rotterdam conservatory from 1982-1984 and at the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba in ’86 ’87 and ’88. Martin Verdonk teaches at the World Music Department of the Rotterdam Conservatory.
In 1995 he received the award for ‘outstanding service to Jazz education’ in Los Angeles and a lifetime achievement award from the president of Curacao in 2014. The readers of the Dutch drum magazine Slagwerkkrant choose Martin many times as best percussionist. U.S. Magazine ‘Drum’ awarded Martin as one of the 4 best clincians worldwide.
He is endorsements by: LP percussion, Paiste Cymbals, Remo conga heads and Roland.
Martin played, recorded or performed as guest with the following artists: Richard Bona, Steve Winwood, Incognito, Prince, Lila Downs, Andy Narell, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, George Benson, George Duke, Donna Summer, Tollak Ollestad, En Vogue, Santana, Leonardo Amuedo, James Taylor, Toots Thielemans, Lalo Schifrin, David Sanchez, Chip Taylor, Shaggy, Abdullah Ibrahim, dr.Lonnie Smith, Ray Obiedo, WDR big band, NDR big band, BBC big band, Paquito D’Rivera, James Moody, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, Tony Carey, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Alex Acuna, Rich Wyman, Demis Roussos and many more.
