When Original 106 was bought by Celador in August 2008, Martyn was employed as Programme Director to launch The Coast 106 which went on air on October 30, 2008 with a line-up that includes Matt Hopper, Iain Meadows and John Clayton.
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His career in jazz soon picked up and has played with McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, John Clayton, Steve Turre, Dave Valentin, and Russell Malone and on stages such as Carnegie Hall and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Gerald Clayton, son of John Clayton, has performed and toured with the group as pianist.
While serving in the R.A.F. under his civilian name of John Clayton, Tarzan is shot down over the island of Sumatra in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies.