Merl Saunders
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Biography
[Edit]Hammond B-3 player Merl Saunders has recorded with numerous renowned artists since the early '70s and has led many of his own dates in a variety of genres from jazz to blues to new age to rock. Born on Valentine's Day, 1934 in San Mateo, CA, Saunders began learning to play the piano at the age of 10. He was a classmate and bandmate of Johnny Mathis through junior high school. Saunders decided on music as a profession after seeing how much fun was had by audience and performers alike at concerts by such musicians as Cab Calloway. He apprenticed early on with Jimmy Smith for a time, and attended various music schools. Starting in the 1960s, Saunders collaborated on and off with Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. He also began working as a jazz keyboardist in the early '70s, and since has performed and recorded with Harry Belafonte, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt and Paul Butterfield. One of his several albums with Jerry Garcia, Blues From the Rainforest, hit the Top 5 of the U.S. Billboard New Age charts in the early '90s. Saunders runs his own label, Sumertone, which includes much of his catalogue, as does the Fantasy label. In 1998, Saunders released his 20th album as a leader, Merl Saunders With His Funky Friends: Live! (Sumertone), which includes guests Garcia, John Popper (of Blues Travelers) and Trey Anastasio (of Phish). In addition to his active touring schedule, the San Franciscan has also written scores for TV and movies, including Tales From The Crypt, Twilight Zone, Heavy Traffic and Fritz The Cat. In early 2000, Merl Saunders became the first recipient of the lifetime activist award from a Florida environmentalist group for his environmental activism that goes beyond just the titles of albums like Save the Planet So We'll Have Someplace to Boogie and Blues from the Rainforest. Later that fall, Saunders released Struggling Man in November.
Title: GarciaLive Volume Six: July 5, 1973 Lion’s Share
Artist: Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia
Genre: Blues, Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Title: GarciaLive Volume Nine: August 11th, 1974 Keystone Berkeley
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Blues, Rock, Psychedelic Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Pop
Title: Well-Matched - The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) - Single
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Title: Live at Keystone, Vol. 2 - EP (Live)
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Rock & Roll, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Keystone Encores, Vol. 1
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: GarciaLive Volume 15: May 21st, 1971 Keystone Korner (Live) (CD2)
Artist: Merl Saunders
Genre: Soul
Title: GarciaLive, Vol. 9: August 11th, 1974 Keystone Berkeley
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Country
Title: Live At Keystone, Vol. II
Artist: Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt
Title: Can't Buy A Thrill (Live, Pacific High Studios, February 6, 1972)
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Title: Fire Up +
Artist: Merl Saunders
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Keystone Companions - The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings
Artist: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Live At Keystone, Vol. 1
Artist: Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll
Collections
Title: Sharin' In the Groove
Genre: Electronica, Rock
Title: Musica Para Desaparecer Dentro Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: New Age
Title: Kinky Beats
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Nu Jazz, Funk
Title: Pop Rock Ballads New And Classic 2016 (CD2)
Genre: Pop, Experimental, Classical, Opera
Title: The Stars In The Night Sky (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental