Wow!
S. Pettis | Seattle, WA | 03/29/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This guy is a Berklee trained vocalist. I first heard him with the group JazzhoIe. He does some very nice work on their most recent CD. I came up listening to all the great soul singers of the 60's and 70's and none of them has anything on Marlon Saunders. I have the studio album, Enter My Mind and it is great, but I am partial to well recorded live albums and this CD makes me want to go hear him live right away. It is raw neo-soul and funk. It is basically a collective partying and jamming live in a studio. A Groove So Deep and Coolin' are my favorite tracks on the CD but they are all slammin'. His band Mood Control sounds great too, real musicians with Marlon sort of directing a la James Brown . Saunders should be much better known than he is."
Soul music with real musicians!
James Baldwin | New York, NY USA | 08/14/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I loved Marlon Saunders' Enter My Mind, but A Groove So Deep is on another level. This is some raw soul music, where the whole band is together at the same time, not performing for an audience, but vibin' together as musicians. No matter how many times you listen to it, you will hear something new--somethin' cool the vocalists do creating background harmonies, somethin' funky happenin' on the bass or drums, somethin' jazzy on the piano, flute or sax, just the right rhythm on the congas--It may sound strange to say about a contemporary R & B recording, but Groove is actually exciting to listen to...This one's worth the money, because you'll want to play it again and again...just to see what you missed the last time."
Live music comes back
Nouveau Soul listener | Los Angeles,California | 08/04/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Marlon is a new voice who is like an old soul. Groove is not only deep it is strong!"
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1