Marion Meadows
| Marion Meadows | |
|---|---|
 Photo by Patricia Wagner | |
| Background information | |
| Born | West Virginia, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Saxophones |
Marion Meadows is an American Saxophonist, composer, and smooth jazz recording artist of Native American, African American and Caucasian descent. Meadows has released a total of 9 albums to date.
Upbringing
Meadows was born in West Virginia and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. He began playing the clarinet and studying classical music at the age of eight. In high school, Meadows began to play the soprano saxophone and played tenor through most of his college years. His passion for music led him to appreciate the work of many jazz musicians such as Stevie Wonder and Duke Ellington. After studying jazz with Anthony Truglia, Meadows attended Berklee College of Music, where he majored in arranging and composition. He later went to the SUNY Purchase School for the Arts, where he studied under Ron Herder.
Career with TappanZee Records
During college, Meadows was with a band called the Aboriginal Music Society. Meadows was playing in Grand Central Station and Jay Chattaway who was working with Bob James at the time introduced himself and later signed Marion to his record label, TappanZee. Although Meadows’ first recording went unreleased, the experience of recording with Bob James put him on the road to his eventual success.
Meadows collaborated up with numerous artists and musicians in the 80s, recording or performing over the years with Brook Benton, Eartha Kitt, Phyllis Hyman, Jean Carne, The Temptations, Michael Bolton, Angela Bofill, Will Downing and Native American flute player Douglas Spotted Eagle, among others.
Discography
- For Lovers Only (1990)
- Keep It Right Here (1992)
- Forbidden Fruit (1994)
- Body Rhythm (1995)
- Pleasure (1997)
- Another Side of Midnight (1999)
- Next To You (2000)
- In Deep (2002)
- Player's Club (2004)
- Dressed To Chill (2006)
- Secrets (2009)
- Whisper(2013)
- Other albums