Marion MEADOWS

Player's Club

(2004)

1. Player's Club 4'35
(Michael Broening / Marion Meadows)
2. Sweet Grapes 4'04
(Michael Broening / Marion Meadows)
3. Wishibg On A Star 4'24
(Calvin Billie Rae)
4. The First Time 4'28
(Chip Shearin / Douglas Myers)
5. Noche Privada 4'04
(Chip Shearin / Marion Meadows)
6. Suede 4'16
(Michael Broening / Marion Meadows)
7. Romantica 5'36
(LeRoix Hampton III / Marion Meadows)
8. Diggable 5'13
(Michael Broening / Marion Meadows)
9. Step A Little Closer 3'55
(Michael Broening / Marion Meadows)
10. Deska 5'09
(Michael Broening / Marion Meadows)
11. After 6:00 5'11
(Michael Broening / Marion Meadows)

Total Time: 50:55

  • Marion Meadows - Soprano Sax (1-11), Tenor Sax (1-2), Bari Sax (2)
  • Freddie Fox - Guitar (1-2, 6-9, 11), Additional Guitar (10)
  • Wayne Cotton - Guitar (3)
  • Darnell Taylor - Guitar (4, 5)
  • Chieli Minucci - Spanish Guitar (5), Guitar (10)
  • Mike Broening - Keyboards (1-2, 6-11), Programming (1-2, 6-11), Additional Keyboards (4)
  • Wirlie Morris - Keyboards (3), Programming (3)
  • LeRoix Hampton III - Keyboards (7), Programming (7)
  • Gerard Gibbs - Additional Keyboards (5)
  • Chip Shearin - Bass (4, 5), Keyboards (4, 5), Programming (4, 5)
  • Matt King - Baritone Saxophone (1)
  • Mel Brown - Bass (1-2, 6-9, 11)
  • Jabari - Drums (4)
  • Douglas Myers - Vocals (4)

    Produced by Marion Meadows, Michael Broening, Chip Shearin, Wirlie Morris & LeRoix Hampton III

    I would like to Thank Michael B for making this record sound so incredible.
    Thank You To my beautiful wife Desi. You endured all and contributed so much, "moiata krasiva zena".
    Thank You Dave Love for your vision and leadership Also Doug Ashland, Mike Wilpezeski, Rob Saslow and everyone at Heads Up! To a great team of producers and writers. Many thanks to Chip Shearin. My partner in music and life for over ten years.
    Thank You, LeRoix Hampton and Wirlie Morris, talent beyond words.
    Special Thanks To my family whom I love so much. My mother, my daughter Marley, my brother "0", my sister Barbara, my mother and father in-law, Pepa and Penko, and my brother in-law Tsvetan.
    As always I am so blessed to have my many cousins, my goddaughter Ari, my nieces, Bethany and Dorothy and nephew Marc, my two surviving aunts, Audrey and Willie Mae and my uncle Joe to visit as I travel up and down the road.
    Thank You all for being there. I love you very much !
    Thank You to my business partner at MC Entertainment, Alphonse Criscuolo and his lovely wife Michelle I'll be home for Christmas !
    A Very Special Thanks To the great musicians who contributed to this project and those who work with me in the trenches on the road: Chip Shearin, Gerard Gibbs, Jabari, Jay Rowe, Chieli Minucci, Mel Brown, Freddie Fox, Bob Baldwin, Al Ortiz, Rich Reed, Mario Mendevil, Mike Florio, Khani Cole, Tony Cintron, Dan Pickering, Rohn Lawrence, Jacques Burvick, Tony Jones, Artie Dixson, Joey Melotti and Matt King
    I would also like to say Thank You to the very special friend, Kirk Whalum, who presided as minister and performed our beautiful wedding ceremony on Catalina Island in the Caribbean.
    Thank You Fred Hansen from CEG Booking Agency.
    Thank You Abdul Kareem Muhammed, Chris Murray, Dolly Moye, Crystal Shearin, Vincent Spradley, Racky.Amos, Kevin McKabe, Jackie Grant and Ledeene and Alyssa Broening.

    I dedicate this CD to the memory of my dearly departed father, Otha Meadows, my uncle Lewis Abrams and my aunt Mattie Coleman.

    - Marion Meadows