José Luiz Martins

About

Brazilian-born pianist José Luiz Martins, often found accompanying his close collaborator Alex Hamburger, can be found in clubs around the East Coast approaching straight-ahead with Oscar Peterson-style melodic sensibility and a touch of Monk-ish flair. On his latest project, Odyssey Mixtape , he electrifies his sound and lands it with a jolt between Afro-Brazilian traditions and buoyant West Coast funk. It’s a sound catching a lot of ears, from Alt.Latino to the clubs of D.C.