Friday, July 22nd

7:30 pm - 8:45 pm & 9:30 - 10:45 pm

Gentlemen of the Night featuring Marion Meadows, Warren Hill,

and PaulTaylor

Marion Meadows: www.marionmeadows.com 

 Smooth jazz-styled soprano saxophonist Marion Meadows was born in West Virginia and raised primarily in Connecticut; after adopting the classical clarinet at age nine, he moved to the saxophone as a teen, later studying composition and arranging at Boston's Berklee College of Music. A protege of Joe Henderson and Eddie Daniels, Meadows later served a long stint as a member of Norman Connors' Starship Orchestra; after a series of session dates and sideman gigs, he made his solo debut in 1990 with the RCA release For Lovers Only, followed in 1992 by Keep It Right There. Resurfacing two years later with Forbidden Fruit, after 1995's Body Rhythm Meadows jumped to Discovery to issue 1997's Pleasure. He then moved to Heads Up for Another Side of Midnight (1999), Next To You (2000), and In Deep (2002).

Warren Hill, www.warrenhill.com 

Contemporary jazz saxophonist Warren Hill's first love of music began when he started playing the guitar at the age of seven.  With an insatiable passion for music, the Toronto native grew up fronting various high school rock bands as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist and eventually picked up the saxophone.  Inspired by his love for this instrument, Hill withdrew from his studies at the University of Toronto and landed a scholarship at the prestigious Berklee College of Music.  A featured saxophone soloist in his 1988 graduation, Hill attracted the attention of legendary record producer Russ Titleman who immediately hired him to be a studio artist on Chaka Khan's hit album, C.K.  Riding off his success, Hill relocated to Los Angeles and recorded a demo that landed him a deal with RCA.  Hill's debut album, Kiss Under the Moon, catapulted his career and resulted in an invitation to play with Natalie Cole on her Unforgettable Tour.  Soon after, Hill topped the charts with his 1993 hit The Passion Theme.  Releasing two more albums over the next two years, Hill's career was on fire.  In 1997, he added his own smooth vocals to his instrumental skills on the critically acclaimed record, Shelter.  Some of Hill's most prestigious awards include Berklee College's ‘Distinguished Alumnus' award, multiple Juno nominations, NAC's ‘Songwriter of the Year' award and the 2005/2006 ‘Canadian Wind Instrumentalist of the Year' award.  He has released 11 hit studio albums and is joined by an all-star cast of musicians on his most recent record La Dolce Vita.

 Paul Taylor, www.paultaylorsax.com

Paul Taylor grew up in Denver, where he took up the saxophone at the age of seven. He played in school bands, and in high school joined a Top 40 band called Mixed Company. Jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui and her husband, producer Kazu Matsui, discovered him playing at the Catalina Island Jazz Festival and hired him to play in their band. He spent two years with them, and then Kazu Matsui produced his 1995 debut album, On the Horn, which reached the jazz charts and spawned a radio hit in "Til We Meet Again." Pleasure Seeker, his second album, followed in 1997 and was equally successful. Taylor released his third album Undercover on Peak/N-Coded Music in February 2000.