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Lance Martin Lance Martin (December 29, 1959 - May 15, 2020) was an American jazz flute player and music instructor at Wellesley College.[1] Martin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of a Baptist preacher.[2] He started playing the flute at age seven, supposedly because his mother thought trumpets and drums were too loud.[3][4] His early exposure to music was through the church and records he would get at his local library.[2] He went to Berklee College of Music in Boston as a Jazz Composition Major.[4][5] He joined Roxbury's Twelfth Baptist Church, and established the 12th Baptist Gospel Brass Ensemble, which played there for 30 years.[2] Martinalso regularly played at the Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge as part of the Lance Martin Jazz Trio playing all-request sets for 36 years, their "most booked act".[6][7][2] The Lance Martin Band played in a style they called physical jazz, mixing visually physical movements with jazz, R&B, and gospel.[2] Discography
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