Steve Erquiaga and Frank Martin Duo at Red Poppy Art House

Steve Erquiaga and Frank Martin have been musical compadres going back to the 1970s. They first toured and recorded together in 1978 with the John Handy band. The duo setting showcases their amazing communication, spontinaity and sensitivity. Their original compositions and arrangements cover a broad musical spectrum.

Guitarist/composer and Bay Area native, Steve Erquiaga, has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Joe Henderson, Les McCann, John Scofield, Andy Narell, David Byrne and The Turtle Island String Quartet. His music can be heard in such films as The Firm, Nina Takes a Lover, and Forrest Gump. He is a published author, an international clinician, and a faculty member at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, CA....

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Steve Erquiaga and Frank Martin have been musical compadres going back to the 1970s. They first toured and recorded together in 1978 with the John Handy band. The duo setting showcases their amazing communication, spontinaity and sensitivity. Their original compositions and arrangements cover a broad musical spectrum.

Guitarist/composer and Bay Area native, Steve Erquiaga, has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Joe Henderson, Les McCann, John Scofield, Andy Narell, David Byrne and The Turtle Island String Quartet. His music can be heard in such films as The Firm, Nina Takes a Lover, and Forrest Gump. He is a published author, an international clinician, and a faculty member at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, CA.

Keyboardist Frank Martin is a Bay Area native in demand as a studio player, arranger, producer, composer, and performer. His performance history includes concerts with Sting, John McLaughlin, Al Jarreau, Trilok Gurtu, Flora & Airto, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Santana, James Taylor, Joe Farrell Quartet, Larry Coryell, Richard Bona Band, and the Narada Michael Walden Band.

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