Jeff Martin (Canadian musician)

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Jeffery Scott Brill
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Born	October 1, 1969 Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Jeff Martin was the guitarist, vocalist, and main producer of the Canadian rock band The Tea Party.

1 Career
- 1.1 Early Period
2 Solo Career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Early Period

Jeff started playing guitar as a child. In 1988, Jeff graduated from Sandwich Secondary School, and went on to study music at the University of Windsor. It is unknown where he acquired the surname 'Martin'

Jeff wed his Australian girlfriend Nicole Brooks, and she gave birth to a son in 2006 in Fremantle, Western Australia, named "Django".

Jeff's lyrics often contain references to books, art, religion and philosophy. Tea Party titles such as "Correspondences", "The Edges Of Twilight", "Fire In The Head" reference paganism-influenced literature.

He has also produced albums with several other musicians, including Roy Harper (The Green Man), Hundred Mile House (self-titled EP), The Jay Murphy Band[1] (Propaganda) and Tenth Planet [2] (The Prophet Curse EP.)

[edit] Solo Career

As of October 2005 Martin has disbanded The Tea Party due to creative differences, differences with bandmates, and record company pressure [3].

Jeff Martin's debut solo album titled Exile and the Kingdom was released in Canada on April 11, 2006 and June 5 in Australia. Among those who worked with him are Michael Lee (Page and Plant drummer) and Ritesh Das (Toronto Tabla Ensemble[4]). The first single, titled The World is Calling, is an open letter to George W. Bush [5] and has been released to radio - hitting the Top 40 on the BDS Rock Charts in Canada. The Video for TWIC was added to MuchMoreMusic and hit the Top 20 on the MusiquePlus countdown.

The song "Daystar" was written about his son Django. Jeff can be heard saying "This song is for Django" at the start of the song.

In November of 2006 Jeff released his second post breakup album, titled "Live in Brisbane 2006". This album features Ritesh Das and the Toronto Tabla Ensemble, and is a double album consisting of both solo and Tea Party material performed live. It is a largely accoustic album, and epitomizes the unique fusion sound Jeff Martin is known for. The album is a complete recording of a live performance and is full of Jeff's banter with bandmates and the audience, including his thoughts on the breakup and where he sees himself in life. Of special note is the use of Jeff's Gibson 1916 hand-built harp-guitar, one of only 6 known to exist. It is used for the song "Shadows on the Mountainside", and as stated by Jeff during the song, has not been used on a tour since the first Australian Tea Party tour.

Martin has perfect pitch. This was highlighted on an episode of Daily Planet on Canada's Discovery Channel.