Terrace Martin

Terrace Martin
Birth name	Terrace Jamahl Martin
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Jazz, pop, hip hop
Occupation(s)	Music producer, musician, songwriter
Instruments	Saxophone, keyboards, vocals, drums, bass, guitar, percussion
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Sounds of Crenshaw Records, AKAI Music, Warner Bros. Records (former)
Associated acts	Kamasi Washington, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, DJ Quik, Kurupt, Devi Dev, Lalah Hathaway, Murs, Overdoz, Problem, Robert Glasper, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Chilly Chill,

Terrace Jamahl Martin (born December 28, 1978) is an American two-time Grammy Award winning artist and music producer. He is perhaps best known for producing records for several prominent artists, such as Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson, Raphael Saadiq and YG among others. Martin is a multi-instrumentalist, whose music production embodies everything from funk and jazz to classical and soul. Martin recently released his sixth studio album Velvet Portraits on his newly formed label, Sounds of Crenshaw Records, through Ropeadope Records.

Martin's father is a jazz drummer and his mother is a singer. He grew up listening to a broad range of music, including John Coltrane and Parliament and began playing the piano at age six. At 13, producing his first tracks on his Casio CZ101 Keyboard and an E-mu SP-1200, Martin was encouraged to take up the saxophone and learned to play it by himself before enrolling into Santa Monica High School, to sharpen his musical skills. He transferred to Locke High School, to study under Reggie Andrews, where he became first chair of the All-State Jazz Band. As a child prodigy, Martin gained the interest of talk show host Jay Leno, who presented him with a scholarship and later purchased his first professional horn. After high school, Martin attended CalArts but decided school wasn't for him, and began touring with Puff Daddy and the gospel choir God's Property.

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