Tracy Marlow

I grew up on Lawrence Welk and Sailor songs church Hymns, God Songs in school, and R&B Love ballads; also Progressive positive motivational Dance (House) music and Songs about truth and history (funk), Songs about struggles, the jazz movements from be-bop and boogie to Jazz Fusion. I first fell in love with music staring into the long full wall stereo system that my mom blasted almost everyday when I as very young. I learned to change records really well, at a very early age. The one fascinating thing that I do remember was knowing that every instrument I heard, there was someone that you can’t see playing that instrument. Going around the band in the music staring at the speaker was my thing. I really thought I could see them. I got my early studio callouses from Hip-Hop in New York I was at all the studios working with everybody that I could. No favorites just everybody… well it was exciting to see Dela Soul create and they are a favorite to work with. I studied Drums with Tony Williams and he told me things that go beyond words, when you walk away from a session with him it sticks in the gut and people like Doc Powell or Kashif, Klyde Jones their words stick also. But Now its Balance9 working with APJ and our Front Porch Cocktail Jazz is magical and I wanna see how far we can pull jazz and instrumental music forward.

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