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Stretchin WAY Out! 4:160:00/4:16
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The Avengers
Chip Shearin and Ethan Farmer
featuring sax super star Marion Meadows!
Chip Shearin and Ethan Farmer
featuring sax super star Marion Meadows!
”What are you waiting for? There is nothing more real out there touring. No fake music, no Milli Vanilli backing tracks. Every note was meant to pierce your musical soul.”
-Allison Gherig, New York Times
"Am I really seeing this? Thunderous presence and as entertaining as I've seen. Now that's what I call The Real Avengers."
-Ted Ross, Music Radar
"Felt like I should have paid twice. The Avengers returned us to real music. I was scared to blink"
-Anita Scott, Musician Magazine
"The groove starts from the bottom up! See what you get with twice the bottom? Add world class, Grammy Winner Marion Meadows and WOW."
-Mike Tolifson, Lakers Public Relations
”3 Legends on stage together! Chip Shearin and Ethan Farmer have been the center of the groove for most of your favorite artist for many years! Now they step out together Featuring Grammy Winner, Jazz Star Marion Meadows in a hugely entertaining show, highlighting music from their successful solo Releases and some unbelievable musical magic. The music will move you out of your seat on to the floor! Be careful! No seatbelts provided!”
-Eric Devine, Spectator Magazine
”You know its a great show when you find yourself staring at the stage long after they leave the stage. The Avengers are for real! Marion Meadows, Ethan Farmer and Chip Shearin. A “Super Hero” performance!”
-Kristen Scott, JazzLive
Sounds
The Avengers are comprised of Chip Shearin - an Iconic bassist inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, (his bass is even on display there), Ethan Farmer - a highly visible first call bad boy bassist/artist, and Marian Meadows - a Grammy award winning sax Icon. All currently with new CD releases with charting singles. This line up is a band of “Who’s Who” in the music industry. They have worked with the likes of Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Herbie Hancock, and The Sugarhill Gang. Chip and Ethan are the allstar bottom end punch that propels this group into a lofty orbit. Chip's soaring piccalo bass solos are reminiscent of George Benson and Charlie Parker. Ethan's brutal solos are nothing less than bullying. Marion Meadows' highly recognizable tone catches flight like an eagle on the jet stream, bringing goose pimples with every take off.
Many of you have heard (and felt) Chip Shearin's t bass playing as a part of your every day lives through television theme songs, movie scores, jingles, countless tours and surely from the iconic bass line for The Sugarhill Gang's, Rappers Delight! Dick Clark said...”you may not know the rap but they’re singing the bass line all over the world!”. Rolling Stone Magazine’s #2 best rap song ever. The first to chart on billboard, triggering a billion dollar industry. Through the years, Chip has supplied the low end pulse for jazz greats, Donald Byrd, Dizzy Gillespi, James Moody, Marion Meadows, Alex Bugnon, Bob Baldwin, Cheilli Minucci, Warren Hill, Paul Taylor, Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum, and George Duke. He has worked with soul icons, Aretha Franklin, Staple Singers, Temptations, Gladys Knight, and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. His bass lines have been featured by rap artists, The Sugarhill Gang, The Sequence, Grandmaster Flash, Tupac and Master P. He has also collaborated with current pop stars, Janet Jackson, Polina, and Will Downing.
Ethan Farmer, a native of Chicago, has established himself as an incredible talent amongst bass players in the industry today. While his talent speaks volumes on its own, his charisma and authenticity have propelled his career. He has worked with a diverse range of artists around the world, including Janet Jackson, Babyface, Patti LaBelle, Darius Rucker, Hootie and the Blowfish, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, and Lionel Richie. He appears on multiple Grammy winning records, so you've likely heard Ethan's bass playing more than you realize!
Marion Meadows started playing tenor sax in high school, and then migrated to soprano sax. He attended Berklee College of Music where he majored in arranging and composing. 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 ensmbles. “I got a lot of sideman jobs in college, and I have always said I got my real graduate degree playing clubs,” says Meadows, who perfected his craft
studying with Sonny Fortune, Joe Henderson, Dave Liebman and Eddie Daniels. Meadows hooked up with numerous artists and musicians and became a well known sideman in his own right, recording or performing over the years with Brook Benton, Eartha Kitt, Phyllis Hyman, Jean Carne, The Temptations, Michael Bolton, Angela Bofill, Will Downing , Bob Baldwin, Chuck Loeb, and John Lee, among many others. In the late ‘80s, Meadows stretched his boundaries by becoming a member of a New York avant-garde band called The Aboriginal Music Society. In 1990 Meadows submitted a solo project to Steve Backer at Novus/RCA and was signed to a recording contract, thus marking the beginning of his solo career. Meadows’ first RCA release “For Lover’s Only” was a huge success and was followed by his ground breaking “Keep it Right There” album. He became a staple of the contemporary jazz format with his subsequent recordings, which include Body Rhythm (1994) and Forbidden Fruit (1996), Passion (1997), Another Side Of Midnight (1999), Next To You (2000), In Deep (2002), Players Club (2004), Dressed To Chill (2006), Secrets (2009), Whisper (2013), and Soul Traveler his current release on the New York based Shanachie Label.