"The Greatest Saxophonist on the Planet" – Vision Music
"I can't remember when I've been so entranced by an album.
Marcellino is a master virtuoso. FIVE STARS!" Wayne Thompson, Jazzscene Magazine ("Tenderly" Review)
Song titles on above medley: 1. Happiness
2. When A Man Loves A Woman
3. Onward and Upward
4. 1930's Kind of Laid Back
5. Our New Love
7. At Last
8. Standin' on the Corner
(all originals except "When a Man Loves a Woman" and "Standin' on the Corner")
Dennis Marcellino Music History: Dennis has an extensive history in the music business as a musician who plays sax, flute, guitar and other instruments, as well as being a vocalist, composer and arranger. He is a former member of many top bands including The Tokens(the band who once had the hit, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), Sly & The Family Stone, The Elvin Bishop Group and Rubicon. With these groups he recorded 10 albums. As a solo artist he had the #1 selling cassette in the Northwest in 1992 & 1993 called "It's Christmas" and the following solo CD releases: "Daddy's Home", "New Beginning" and "The Spirit of Christmas". He has a duo CD release with Mark Stefani called "Tenderly" that received a five star review in Jazzscene magazine. Besides being a member of the above bands, he has recorded and toured as a musician/vocalist with Sha Na Na, Rare Earth, 3 Dog Night, The Electric Flag, Graham Central Station among others. He has also been a special guest star on many television shows including The Tracey Ullman Show, American Bandstand, Midnight Special and Merv Griffin.He scored and performed the music for a number of movies, and sang the lead and played sax on two songs in "Sweet Bird Of Youth", starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Harmon.
"You are magical with woodwinds and reeds...
in fact, you make Kenny G sound like a novice..." Steve Steinfeld, Beggars Road Music, top record search firm
"Dennis Marcellino's music is so beautiful. He makes the sax sound like angels singing." Kathy Simka, Entertainment Dept., Disneyland, Anaheim, CA "Brilliant music from a remarkable talent!" Joe Gett, Editor and Station Director, The Loft (ezine and internet radio station)
"If there's a better sax player than Dennis Marcellino in the world, I haven't heard him." Carter Knox, Fred Meyer Corp.
(the #1 retail music outlet on the west coast)
"When it comes to talent, soul and technical virtuosity, in my book Dennis Marcellino has no equal!" Vision Music Newsletter, April 2000
