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Just because he's digging the mellower lifestyle of living in Phoenix, don't get the idea that Marion Meadows is about to abandon his urban roots and go new age. In fact, considering the raw ensemble jamming style, thick streetwise grooves and thematic song titles of his Heads Up debut Another Side of Midnight, it's clear that what Billy Joel once called the New York State of Mind is still very much a part of Meadows' musical mindset. Weaving his velvety soprano through foundations set by NYC cats like Michael Bearden (who plays keyboards and wrote five of the tunes), Bob Baldwin and Omar Hakim, and trading off melody and harmony lines with the brisk acoustic guitar lines of Norman Brown and Marc Antoine, Meadows not only drew from his deep love for city life, but fashioned an exciting tribute to it. The first stop is the gentle, lilting "Another Side of Midnight"; with Meadows' smoky sax rising easily above the breathy vocals and moody keyboard harmonies of co-writer Johnny Britt, it's the musical equivalent of stretching after rising from a deep sleep in the middle of the night. Once on the town, Meadows heads directly to a club and lifts the energy level for a spunky "Last Call," doubling his soprano for a greater melodic impact above the funk and spacey synth effects (including sleigh bells) created by Bearden and Rohn Lawrence's bubbling electric guitar.
Meadows spends the rest of the early a.m. bouncing between dreamy slices of optimism like "Sunset Moon" (featuring Antoine's cool flamenco lines echoing each statement of sax) and raw first-take ensemble explosions along the lines of "Club Life" -- where Meadows and trumpeter Tom Browne engage in a tough but good-natured duel for the lead as you might imagine George Howard and Miles doing in the next life -- and "4:00 A.M.," a percussive fusion fest on which Meadows honks and leaps over Bearden's jolly improvisations and Lawrence's brief but potent rock guitar solo. By the time you settle down for "Sunrise," you wonder if Meadows was imagining the trees in Central Park or an orange disk rising over a distant mountain.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
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Johnny Britt, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Drum Programming, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Bearden, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Baldwin, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Meadows, Producer, Soprano Saxophone, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rohn Lawrence, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bearden, Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marion Meadows, Soprano Saxophone, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Marc Antoine, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - OMAR HAKIM, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bearden, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marion Meadows, Soprano Saxophone, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maria Meadows, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Rohn Lawrence, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Baldwin, Producer, Keyboards, Mix Engineer, Programming, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marion Meadows, Producer, Soprano Saxophone, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chip Shearin, Producer, Bass Guitar, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas F. Browne, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fred "Catfish" Alias, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
NORMAN BROWN, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Baldwin, Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Emedin Rivera, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Meadows, Producer, Soprano Saxophone, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chip Shearin, Producer, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Samuels, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Rohn Lawrence, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bearden, Producer, Keyboards, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marion Meadows, Soprano Saxophone, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fred "Catfish" Alias, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Rohn Lawrence, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bearden, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Drum Programming, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marion Meadows, Soprano Saxophone, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Michael Bearden, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Drum Programming, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marion Meadows, Soprano Saxophone, Mix Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Marc Antoine, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rohn Lawrence, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Baldwin, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Emedin Rivera, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Meadows, Producer, Soprano Saxophone, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chip Shearin, Producer, Bass Guitar, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fred "Catfish" Alias, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
Marc Antoine, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Baldwin, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Drum Programming, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marion Meadows, Producer, Soprano Saxophone, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chip Shearin, Producer, Bass Guitar, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Warnecke, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Hemsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vic Steffans, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1999 Heads Up International
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Just because he's digging the mellower lifestyle of living in Phoenix, don't get the idea that Marion Meadows is about to abandon his urban roots and go new age. In fact, considering the raw ensemble jamming style, thick streetwise grooves and thematic song titles of his Heads Up debut Another Side of Midnight, it's clear that what Billy Joel once called the New York State of Mind is still very much a part of Meadows' musical mindset. Weaving his velvety soprano through foundations set by NYC cats like Michael Bearden (who plays keyboards and wrote five of the tunes), Bob Baldwin and Omar Hakim, and trading off melody and harmony lines with the brisk acoustic guitar lines of Norman Brown and Marc Antoine, Meadows not only drew from his deep love for city life, but fashioned an exciting tribute to it. The first stop is the gentle, lilting "Another Side of Midnight"; with Meadows' smoky sax rising easily above the breathy vocals and moody keyboard harmonies of co-writer Johnny Britt, it's the musical equivalent of stretching after rising from a deep sleep in the middle of the night. Once on the town, Meadows heads directly to a club and lifts the energy level for a spunky "Last Call," doubling his soprano for a greater melodic impact above the funk and spacey synth effects (including sleigh bells) created by Bearden and Rohn Lawrence's bubbling electric guitar.
Meadows spends the rest of the early a.m. bouncing between dreamy slices of optimism like "Sunset Moon" (featuring Antoine's cool flamenco lines echoing each statement of sax) and raw first-take ensemble explosions along the lines of "Club Life" -- where Meadows and trumpeter Tom Browne engage in a tough but good-natured duel for the lead as you might imagine George Howard and Miles doing in the next life -- and "4:00 A.M.," a percussive fusion fest on which Meadows honks and leaps over Bearden's jolly improvisations and Lawrence's brief but potent rock guitar solo. By the time you settle down for "Sunrise," you wonder if Meadows was imagining the trees in Central Park or an orange disk rising over a distant mountain.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:41
- Main artists: Marion Meadows
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Heads Up
- Genre: Jazz
© 1999 Heads Up International ℗ 1999 Heads Up International
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