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has been creating music ever since he started singing and playing piano in church at the age of five. After graduating from Boston’s Berklee College of Music, the Maryland native moved to New York to follow his dream of becoming a session singer. “As a kid I always loved looking at the recording credits,” Marlon recalls. “Names like Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee, Luther Vandross, Lani Groves, Hamish Stuart, and Patti Austin were always showing up. I loved the sounds these singers created. I knew I wanted to do that!” And so he did. Over the years, he has worked with a wide range of artists, including Sting, Martha Wash, Nine Inch Nails, Donald Brown, Lauryn Hill, Shania Twain, and Bobby McFerrin.
" Marlon says, almost in amazement. “Quincy Jones once told me that when this happens, God enters the room.”
And maybe that’s why they call it soul music. “ Soul music has blues, jazz, gospel, and funk…all Black music can be found in soul music. It’s all created by my people,” he explains, “and y’all know we had to improvise just in order to survive.”
The Newly Released CD:
On A Groove So Deep: The Live Sessions, Marlon Saunders and Mood Control create music in the moment, rhythm and word tellin’ us what the soul knows about love, life and liberation.
www.marlonsaunders.com
has been creating music ever since he started singing and playing piano in church at the age of five. After graduating from Boston’s Berklee College of Music, the Maryland native moved to New York to follow his dream of becoming a session singer. “As a kid I always loved looking at the recording credits,” Marlon recalls. “Names like Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee, Luther Vandross, Lani Groves, Hamish Stuart, and Patti Austin were always showing up. I loved the sounds these singers created. I knew I wanted to do that!” And so he did. Over the years, he has worked with a wide range of artists, including Sting, Martha Wash, Nine Inch Nails, Donald Brown, Lauryn Hill, Shania Twain, and Bobby McFerrin.
" Marlon says, almost in amazement. “Quincy Jones once told me that when this happens, God enters the room.”
And maybe that’s why they call it soul music. “ Soul music has blues, jazz, gospel, and funk…all Black music can be found in soul music. It’s all created by my people,” he explains, “and y’all know we had to improvise just in order to survive.”
The Newly Released CD:
On A Groove So Deep: The Live Sessions, Marlon Saunders and Mood Control create music in the moment, rhythm and word tellin’ us what the soul knows about love, life and liberation.
www.marlonsaunders.com