Song:Dressed To Chill
Album:Dressed To Chill
Soprano sax player Marion Meadows has been successful in the Smooth Jazz market since the 90s. His 2007 single Dressed To Chill topped the jazz charts. Meadows was born in West Virginia but he grew up in Stamford, CT. He learned to play clarinet as a child and switched to sax as a teen. He studied at Berklee in Boston and SUNY Purchase in New York. His main teachers were Joe Henderson and Eddie Daniels. After graduating in 1979, Norman Connors recorded one of his songs and then asked Meadows to join his band. Meadows also got into session work through Jay Chattaway and Bob James. He made his debut as a leader in 1990 with the album For Lovers Only on RCA Novus. After five albums, the label closed. Meadows signed with Telarc's Heads Up label in 2000. Dressed To Chill was released in 2007 and the single topped the jazz charts. Meadows' main collaborator on Dressed To Chill was keyboard player Michael Broening. He worked with Meadows on most of his Heads Up albums. Broening wrote and arranged Dressed To Chill and some of the other songs on the album. Other musicians on the album include Will Brock on vocals, Randy Bowland and Freddie Fox on guitar, Mel Brown on bass and guest guitar soloists Chuck Loeb and Thano Sahnas. Meadows' deal with Heads Up ended after Concord bought Telarc. His last three albums including his 2018 album Soul City have been on Shanachie. Broening left Meadows to take a similar position with sax player Cindy Bradley. Chris "Big Dog" Davis now plays keyboards. Meadows is currently on tour. Here's Marion Meadows performing Dressed To Chill 2017.
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