Marion Meadows

Marion Meadows was born in West Virginia and grew up in Stamford,  Connecticut. He began playing the clarinet and studying classical music  at the age of nine. He started playing tenor sax in high school, and then  migrated to soprano sax. His passion for various types of music led him  down an eclectic musical path. He was intrigued by the styles of jazz  musicians, like Stanley Turrentine, Sidney Bichet, Johnny Hodges, John Coltrane, Sonny Stitt,  Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderley, Coleman  Hawkins, Sonny Fortune, Joe Henderson, Grover Washington and many  others. After studying jazz at Rippowam High School in Stamford, CT with Anthony Truglia, Meadows attended Berklee College of  Music. There he majored in arranging and composition. He later went to  the SUNY Purchase School for the Arts. During his college years he  played in a number of bands including disco, R&B and various jazz  ensembles. Things just…