Billy Martin / IllyB
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American drummer, member of the group Medeski Martin & Wood. Born on October 30, 1963 in New York City, NY.

For the Good Charlotte guitarist/keyboardist, see Billy Martin.
For the American composer and songwriter who collaborated with Larry Martin and Tom Glazer, see Billy Martin.

ALBUMS


Void Patrol, Payton MacDonald, Billy Martin, Elliott Sharp, Colin Stetson
Void Patrol
2022, CD, Album, Infrequent Seams,
Billy Martin
GUILTY
2020
Billy Martin
Meshes
2019, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Billy Martin
Disappearing
2018, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Chuck Hammer, Billy Martin, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Jamie Saft
Blind On Blind
2016, CD, Album, AVA Interact Inc,
Billy Martin
Wandering
2014, CD, Album, Amulet Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Billy Martin, Wil Blades
Shimmy
2012
Billy Martin & John Medeski
Mago
2007, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Billy Martin
Starlings
2006, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Modern/Avant-garde Jazz
Dave Burrell & Billy Martin
Consequences
2006, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Billy Martin
Solo Live Tonic 2002
2006, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Billy Martin And Socket
January 14 & 15 2005
2006, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Billy Martin & Grant Calvin Weston*
Live At Houston Hall November 17, 2002
2005, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Billy Martin
The Turntable Sessions Volume 1
2004, CD, Album, Amulet Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Billy Martin, Calvin Weston, DJ Logic
For No One In Particular
2003, CD, Amulet Records
Lorenzo (110) Featuring John Medeski, Billy Martin, Chris Wood
Keep It Blue
2003, CD, Album, Jambaloha Records
Billy Martin
Black Elk Speaks
2001
Chris Whitley Featuring Billy Martin And Chris Wood
Perfect Day
2000
Billy Martin And Grant Calvin Weston*
Percussion Duets
1995, CD, Amulet Records
Bob Moses, Billy Martin
Drumming Birds
1987
Medeski Martin & Wood
Note Bleu: Best Of Blue Note Years 1998 - 2005
2006, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop/Jazz-Funk
Medeski Martin & Wood
Combustication Remix EP
1999, ,
Future Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood With Alarm Will Sound
Omnisphere
2018, 2xLP, Album, Indirecto Records, ,
Modern/Contemporary Jazz
Various
The Road To Jajouka: A Benefit Album
2013, ,
African
Billy Martin's Wicked Knee*
Heels Over Head
2013
Various
Pitamaha II
2011, LP, Ltd, Pic, Amulet Records
Bob Moses
The Story Of Moses
1987
Void Patrol
Live @ Victo
2024, CD, 3 P, Les Disques Victo
Medeski Scofield Martin Wood*
Juice
2014, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Free Magic
2012
Wicked Knee
Wicked Knee
2011, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Medeski Martin & Wood
The Stone : Issue Four
2010, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Longtime Listener, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians III
2009, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians II
2009, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set
2009
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians I
2008
Medeski Martin & Wood
Let's Go Everywhere
2008, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
Out Louder
2006
Medeski Martin & Wood
End Of The World Party (Just In Case)
2004, ,
Acid Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Tonic
2000, ,
Free Jazz/Fusion/Free Improvisation
Medeski Martin & Wood
The Dropper
2000
Medeski Martin & Wood
Last Chance To Dance Trance (Perhaps) Best Of (1991-1996)
1999
John Lurie
African Swim And Manny & Lo (Two Film Scores)
1998, CD, Album, Strange & Beautiful Music, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Score
Medeski Martin & Wood
Combustication
1998, ,
Illbient/Acid Jazz/Trip Hop
Medeski Martin & Wood
Farmer's Reserve
1997, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Shack-man
1996
Ken Schaphorst Ensemble
When The Moon Jumps
1994, CD, Album, Accurate
John Lurie National Orchestra
Men With Sticks
1993, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
It's A Jungle In Here
1993, ,
Jazz-Funk/Avant-garde Jazz/Jazz-Rock
The Mandala Octet
The Last Elephant
1992, CD, Album, Accurate Records
Medeski Martin & Wood
Notes From The Underground
1992
The Mike Gibbs Orchestra
Big Music
1988, ,
Big Band/Fusion
Medeski Scofield Martin Wood*
Juice
2014
Medeski Martin & Wood
Free Magic
2012
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians II
2009, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians I
2008, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Let's Go Everywhere
2008, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin & Wood
Variety Playhouse 2005
2006, 2xCDr, Unofficial, Pap, OMX,
Medeski Martin & Wood
Warsaw Summer Jazz Days '99
2005, 2xCDr, Unofficial, Pap, OMX
Medeski Martin & Wood
Notes From The Underground
2004
Medeski Martin & Wood
Uninvisible
2002, ,
Future Jazz/Experimental
Medeski Martin & Wood
Shack Man
,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Medeski Martin & Wood
It's A Jungle In Here
,
Jazz-Funk/Swing
Medeski Martin & Wood
Combustication
,
Illbient/Acid Jazz/Trip Hop
Medeski Martin & Wood
End Of The World Party (Just In Case)

APPEARANCES +


Medeski Martin & Wood
Fly In A Bottle
2011, DVD-V, NTSC, MRI Associated Labels, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz
John Lurie
Music from the Series, Painting With John
2024, 2xLP, Comp, Ltd, The Royal Potato Family, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Score/Contemporary Jazz/Country Blues/Folk
Sana Nagano
Anime Mundi
2022, LP, 180, 577 Records
Eklekto, Ensemble 0*
6 Pieces for Gamelan Slendro
2021, CD, Album, Mode
Astroturf Noise
Astroturf Noise
2020
Jay Rodriguez
Your Sound: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
2018, CD, Whaling City Sound
A Love Electric*
Psychmonde
2016, CD, Album, Ropeadope Sur
Todd Clouser
Chant
2015, CD, Imagination Demand,
Medeski Martin & Wood + Nels Cline
Woodstock Sessions Vol.2
2014, CD, Album, Woodstock Sessions
Howard Shore
Maps To The Stars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014, CD, Album, Howe Records (2), ,
Score
Various
New Groove
2014, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
The John Lurie National Orchestra*
The Invention Of Animals
2014
Various
The Road To Jajouka: A Benefit Album
2013, ,
African/Free Jazz
Ronnie Miller
Brothers Legends And Friends
2012, CD, Album, Ronnie Miller Music
Medeski Martin & Wood
20
2011, 20xFile, MP3, 128, Not On Label
MSMW*
Live: In Case The World Changes Its Mind
2011, 2xCD, Album, Indirecto Records
Various
Muppets (The Green Album)
2011, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Various
From Jamaica With Jazz
2010, CD, Comp, RM, Boutique,
Various
KUT Live Vol. 8
2010, CD, Album, KUT,
k.d. lang
Recollection
2010, ,
Country Rock/Soft Rock
Natalie Merchant
Leave Your Sleep
2010, ,
Celtic/Bluegrass/Folk
Mike Stern
Big Neighborhood
2009, ,
Fusion
John Zorn - Medeski Martin & Wood
Zaebos (Book Of Angels Volume 11)
2008, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Grant Calvin Weston*
Nassira
2008, CD, Album, Amulet Records
The Wood Brothers
Loaded
2008, CD, ,
Folk Rock
Various
Indigo Blue - Into The Dance Groove
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Derek Bailey & Cyro Baptista
Derek
2006, CD, Amulet Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Fabulous Fifties Crooners Sing Their Hard To Find Hits
2006, CD, Comp, Hit Parade Records (4)
John Medeski
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast With John Medeski
2006
IllyB
Illy B Eats Box Set Volumes 1 - 3
2006
Iggy Pop
A Million In Prizes: The Anthology
2005, 2x CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Punk
Various
Grey's Anatomy - Original Soundtrack
2005, CD, ,
Acoustic/Soundtrack
Iggy Pop
Iggy - Live At The Avenue B
2005, DVD, ,
Hard Rock
Various
Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar
2005, ,
Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing/Gypsy Jazz/Bop/Fusion/Modal/Post Bop/Pacific
Various
Incite 24
2004, CD, Comp, XLR8R, ,
House/Breaks/Downtempo
Chuck Mangione
Live In Cannes, 1989
2004
Lostprophets
Start Something
2004, ,
Alternative Rock
IllyB
Illy B Eats 2
2004
John Zorn
Voices In The Wilderness
2003, 2xCD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Free Jazz/Fusion/Swing/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Classic Jazz: The Nineties
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
IllyB
Drop The Needle
2002, 2xCD, Album, Amulet Records
Various
The Sweet Sounds Vol. 2: Bonnaroo Music Festival
2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Superfly Presents, ,
Experimental/Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Bluegrass
Various
Acid Jazz Vol. 68
2002, CD, Comp, New Sounds 2000, ,
Drum n Bass/Bossanova/Acid Jazz/Downtempo/Jazzdance
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid*
Optometry
2002, ,
Future Jazz
Tin Hat Trio
The Rodeo Eroded
2002, ,
Acoustic/Experimental
Various
The Jazz Chillout v1.0
2002,
Medeski Martin And Wood*
Uninvisible
2002
IllyB
Illy B Eats Volume 1: Groove, Bang And Jive Around
2001, LP, Album, Ltd, Amulet Records
Stephen Chopek, Chris Lovejoy
Brain Trust
2001, CD, Mini, Album, Perhaps Transparent
Various
Jazznojazz Compilation 2001 (Zurich International Festival)
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Universal, Universal, Universal,
Various
In His Own Sweet Way - A Tribute To Dave Brubeck
2000, CD, Album, Avant, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Various, Unknown Artist
Pitamaha
2000, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Various
Blue Note Jams A Nu Groove
2000, CD, Comp, Blue Note, Velour Recordings, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Soul-Jazz
Various
A Taste Of Blue Note 99
1999, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Acid Jazz/Future Jazz/Hard Bop
Splashdown
Redshift
1999, CD, EP, Dig, Java Records, Capitol Records, ,
Alternative Rock
DJ Logic
Project Logic
1999
Cibo Matto
Stereo Type A
1999, ,
Trip Hop/Shibuya-Kei
Iggy Pop
Avenue B
1999, CD, ,
Alternative Rock
The Legendary Marvin Pontiac*
Greatest Hits
1999, ,
Country Blues/Acoustic/Indie Rock/Folk
Various
Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan
1998, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Glam
Various
Verve Today 98 (Volume 2)
1998, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Motor Music, ,
Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/African
John Scofield
Selections From A Go Go
1998, CD, EP, Promo, Verve Records
Oren Bloedow
Luckiest Boy In The World
1998, ,
New Wave/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Funk
Various
It's Time To Discover Jazz
1998, CD, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz
Various
Lulu On The Bridge - Original Soundtrack
1998, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop/Dialogue/Easy Listening/Post Bop/Score
John Scofield
A Go Go
1998, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz
Medeski Martin And Wood*
Bubblehouse
1997, CD, Single, Gramavision
John Lurie
Big Trouble / She's Not A Nurse
1997, 7", For Us Records,
Michael Blake
Kingdom Of Champa
1997, CD, Album, Intuition Records, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Fusion
Various
Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach
1997, ,
Leftfield/Alternative Rock/Avantgarde
Various
Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg
1997, ,
Leftfield/Alternative Rock/Chanson/Smooth Jazz/Avantgarde/Easy Listening
Various
New Spirits In Jazz Part 3
1997, ,
Fusion/Swing/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Afrobeat/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Gypsy Jazz
Ned Rothenberg Double Band
Real And Imagined Time
1995, CD, Album, Moers Music, ,
Post Bop/Free Jazz
Various
Get Shorty (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1995, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Rhythm & Blues/Acid Jazz
Medeski Martin and Wood*
Friday Afternoon In The Universe
1995, ,
Free Jazz/Jazz-Funk
John Zorn
John Zorn's Cobra Live At The Knitting Factory
1995, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Michael Damian
Time Of The Season
1994
Bob Moses
Time Stood Still
1994, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tronzo Trio
Roots
1994, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Blues Rock
Samm Bennett
The Big Off
1993
Samm Bennett And Chunk
Hell Outta Bessemer
1992, 7", BlackJack Records (3)
Loose Shoes
Hangtime
1992, CD, Album, Palmetto Records
Lounge Lizards
Live In Berlin 1991 Vol. II
1992, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Celestial Navigations
Ice (Chapter 3)
1992
Various
Knitting Factory Tours Europe 1991
1991, CD, Comp, Knitting Factory Works, Enemy Records
Samm Bennett And Chunk
Life Of Crime
1991, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works
Ned Rothenberg Double Band
Overlays
1991, CD, Album, Moers Music, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Various
Knitting Factory Goes To The Northwest
1991, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Chuck Mangione
Greatest Hits
1991
Various
Place Of General Happiness (Lyrics By Ernest Noyes Brookings Vol. 2)
1991, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock
Lounge Lizards
Berlin 1991 Part I
1991
Samm Bennett And Chunk
Post-Industrial Roots Music
1990, Cass, C30, Directional Music
Scott Kreitzer
New York State Of Mind
1990
Chuck Mangione
Live At The Village Gate
1989
Chuck Mangione
Eyes Of The Veiled Temptress
1988, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Mister Spats*
Love Speaks
1986, LP, Album, Pausa Records, ,
Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/AOR
Bob Moses
Visit With The Great Spirit
1984, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Colleen Hewett
I Hope I Never
1983
Vic Damone
Until You Came To Me / The Sparrow Sings
1954, ,
Vocal
Various
Make Jazz Not War: A Multi-Label Sampler For Peace
CD, Enh, Smplr, Blue Note, Ropeadope Records, Tone-Cool Records, Velour Recordings, Verve Records, Warner Bros. Records,
Various
Downtown Does The Beatles Live At The Knitting Factory 1992
CD, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Jazziz - Spring 2024 - Rio Rhythm
2024, 2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Jazziz, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Trevor Dunn
Flexes For Carrieta White Mix-Tape Vol 57
2021
Jan Schulte
Tropical Drums Of Deutschland
2017, ,
Leftfield
Various
Eleveneleven :: Misterboots
2011, File, MP3, Comp, 320, Alias Frequencies, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Avant-garde Jazz/Broken Beat/Dark Ambient/Experimental/Field Recording/Folk/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Leftfield/Musique Concrète/Noise/Rebetiko
Gregory Rogove
Piana
2011
Various
Just Drums II Project
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Fever Pitch Music, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
Knitche Distribution Sampler Vol. 2
2002, CD, Smplr, Knitting Factory Records, Rubric Records, Amulet Records, Trailer Records
Various
Independent Film Channel: In Your Ear, Vol. One
1998, HDCD, Comp, Hybrid Recordings,
Various
Alternate Currents (A Gramavision Sampler)
1996, CD, Smplr, Gramavision,
Iggy Pop
Iggy - Live At The Avenue B
2005, ,
Hard Rock/Alternative Rock
Medeski Martin and Wood*
Friday Afternoon In The Universe
2002
Various
Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg
2002, ,
Leftfield/Alternative Rock/Chanson/Smooth Jazz/Avantgarde/Easy Listening
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid* With Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Guillermo E. Brown, Joe McPhee
Optometry
2002, ,
Future Jazz
Iggy Pop
Avenue B