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California-based saxophonist Eric Marienthal
and reminds aspiring musicians

SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News

dolescent dental braces helped shape the career of sax
player Eric Marienthal, who brings a four-piece band to
Chene Park on Aug. 30. Besides limiting the instru-
ments available to him, the braces made for a
brighter smile that he likes to project to his audiences at
upbeat performances.
"My band and I have been traveling around a lot,
and we're going to play mostly music from my record-
ings," says Marienthal, 42, who has toured Michigan
with other bands and musicians, including Chick
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My most recent recording, Walk Tall, is a
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tribute to the late Cannonball Adderley,
who was one of my biggest influences and
still remains so," says Marienthal, who
plays tenor, alto and soprano saxophones
during his performances.
Adderley, one of the greatest alto
saxophonists in jazz history, was
known for his happy "soul jazz" sound
in the late 1950s and '60s. Marienthal
has carried on in that tradition, incor- I
porating funky R&B, melodic pop
and the improvisational elements of jazz
to come up with his own musical style.
"In paying homage to Cannonball,
we recorded quite a few tunes that
made him famous, such as 'Mercy,
Mercy, Mercy' and 'Walk Tall,'" adds
Marienthal, who also grew up listening
to John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and
Hank Crawford. "I either wrote or co-
wrote the rest of the songs.
"In concert, we tend to throw in one
or two straight-ahead jazz pieces, too,
which also were included on that
recording. I tend to take the influences
from the past and meld them into a
contemporary sound."
In Detroit, Marienthal will be joined
by keyboardist Rob Mullins, who has
lots of recordings under his own name;
bassist Zail Johnson, who used to play
with Herbie Hancock's band and has
been playing with Kenny G for 10
years; and drummer Johnny Friday,
who also has been on the jazz circuit.
"I really enjoy getting a positive
reaction out of an audience or some-
one listening to my records,"
Marienthal says. "Our performances
take on a nice, positive flavor.
My feeling is that music is

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Eric Marienthal: "My feeling is that
music is meant to uplift people, and
that's what we've tried to do."