Tony Saunders (bassist)
Encyclopedia
Tony Saunders is an American
bass player and keyboards
player in the genres of jazz
, gospel
and world music
. He is a composer, arranger, and music producer, and head of his own studio, Y-Not Muzik.
, got him started at an early age. He began singing at the age of five, and played piano from age eight. Herbie Hancock
and Sly Stone
were among Saunders’ early teachers, and Sly gave Saunders an organ at the age of ten. At age fourteen he began playing the bass.
In the 1969 he, his brother Merl Saunders Jr., and his sister Susan Saunders recorded a jingle for the San Francisco Giants
under the name The Man Child Singers. They also appeared in the Joseph Dolan Tuotti musical Big Time Buck White (which featured Muhammad Ali
and Donald Sutherland
among others), with music and lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr. and musical direction by Merl Saunders. The Man Child Singers performed and recorded the songs Right On and Mighty Whitey from that play on a 45 produced by his father's label Summertone Records. This single was included in the compilation CD Home Schooled: The ABCs Of Kid Soul in 2007.
Tony received his first piano lesson from Herbie Hancock, and was awarded a fellowship at the prestigious San Francisco Conservatory of Music
for piano
. His first bass guitar was a gift from Tom Fogerty
, brother of John Fogerty
and rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
. He graduated from the Conservatory of Music in San Francisco. He received an Emmy with his father for the children's special Soul Is, a PBS documentary featuring Black poetry
accompanied by Saunders on the bass.
At age eighteen he began playing with his father and Jerry Garcia
, and was a featured musician in Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band
, and other projects of his father's. Legendary bassist Chuck Rainey
, Jack Cassidy
and John Kahn
all took interest in Saunders’s ability. John Kahn turned Saunders on to James Jamerson
, and Saunders modeled his playing around all of his teachers. Other influences include Stanley Clarke
, Alphonso Johnson
, Rufus Reid
, Ralphe Armstrong, and current favorite Marcus Miller
. This has led to a very flexible and diverse style.
Saunders has scored movies, corporate videos, TV shows and commercials, and produced many CDs, primarily out of his own studio, Magic Castle. He wrote the music to the stage play Zetta, performed in San Francisco by the American Conservatory Theatre, and also assumed the role of musical director for the show. He was the musical director of Rock Justice, written by Bob Heyman and Marty Balin
of Jefferson Starship
. Artists collaborating with him on recent projects have included Mavis Staples
, John Lee Hooker
and Austin "Auggie" Brown
, the nephew of Michael Jackson
. (Auggie's project was sold to Midas Records.)
Saunders has been influenced by Gospel music
since he was a young child. He studied under choir director Leon Patillo
. Saunders met the Hawkins family when he was 14, and credits them with not only inspiring him to play bass but with giving spiritual guidance to his life. He played with Walter Hawkins
, Edwin Hawkins
and Tramaine Hawkins and the Love Center Choir in the 80's, and released He Lifted Me Up, his first gospel project, in 2005. Among the other Gospel artists Saunders has played with are Andrae Crouch
, the Clark Sisters, the late Reverend James Moore
, Daryl Coley
, James Cleveland
and the Williams Brothers
. His most recent Gospel project features Derrick Hughes, Alfreda Lyons-Campbell, and Saunders' longtime friend, gospel bassist/drummer Joel Smith
(Walter and Ed's nephew).
Saunders has worked with and performed on behalf of several charitable and social issues oriented organizations including the Seva Foundation
, the Rex Foundation
, Rock for Hope, the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, and the Rainforest Action Network
.
Bands featuring Tony Saunders include Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band, Band of Gypsies with Buddy Miles
, Zero, Robert Winters
& Fall, Tony Saunders & Paradize, andM.R.L.S. A re-launch of the Rainforest Band as a tribute to Merl Saunders took place at the 29th Starwood Festival
on July 25, 2009, the site of their last performance, featuring Tony Saunders, guitarist Michael Hinton, and other members of the Rainforest Band and other Saunders’ projects. Also appearing were Sikiru Adepoju
on talking drum and Douglas "Val" Serrant on steel drum and djembe
.
Tony studio has produced Ashling CD "Sweet Feelings" for San Francisco Records, Margo Le Duc's CD "Let Love In", Nina Causey's CD "Holding On Forever" and Gwendolyn Davis' CD Amazing
Tony's new CD 2011 is titled "Romancing The Bass" and features the single Tender Loving. This CD also has a song on it with his dad Merl Saunders.
's Grand and Silver Award for educational compositions.
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bass player and keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
player in the genres of jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
and world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
. He is a composer, arranger, and music producer, and head of his own studio, Y-Not Muzik.
Biography
Saunders comes from a musical family. His world famous keyboardist father, Merl SaundersMerl Saunders
Merl Saunders, was an American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B-3 console organ.-Biography:...
, got him started at an early age. He began singing at the age of five, and played piano from age eight. Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
and Sly Stone
Sly Stone
Sly Stone is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1993, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of...
were among Saunders’ early teachers, and Sly gave Saunders an organ at the age of ten. At age fourteen he began playing the bass.
In the 1969 he, his brother Merl Saunders Jr., and his sister Susan Saunders recorded a jingle for the San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
under the name The Man Child Singers. They also appeared in the Joseph Dolan Tuotti musical Big Time Buck White (which featured Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
and Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
among others), with music and lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr. and musical direction by Merl Saunders. The Man Child Singers performed and recorded the songs Right On and Mighty Whitey from that play on a 45 produced by his father's label Summertone Records. This single was included in the compilation CD Home Schooled: The ABCs Of Kid Soul in 2007.
Tony received his first piano lesson from Herbie Hancock, and was awarded a fellowship at the prestigious San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, formerly the California Conservatory of Music, founded in 1917, is a music school, with an enrollment of about 400 students. It was launched by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodgehead in the remodeled home of Lillian's parents on Sacramento Street. It was called the...
for piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
. His first bass guitar was a gift from Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty
Thomas Richard "Tom" Fogerty was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, lead singer and lead guitarist in that band....
, brother of John Fogerty
John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogerty is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a #1 solo recording artist. Fogerty has a rare distinction of being named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest...
and rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
. He graduated from the Conservatory of Music in San Francisco. He received an Emmy with his father for the children's special Soul Is, a PBS documentary featuring Black poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
accompanied by Saunders on the bass.
At age eighteen he began playing with his father and Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
, and was a featured musician in Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band
Rainforest Band
The Rainforest Band is a jam band that spans several genres, including jazz, rock, world music, R&B, and funk. Founded in 1990, it produced four albums and performed for ten years.-History:...
, and other projects of his father's. Legendary bassist Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey, is an American bass guitar session musician, known for playing with many well-known American musicians and acts, including Donald Byrd, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, and Aretha Franklin.-Biography:Rainey's youthful pursuits included violin, piano and trumpet...
, Jack Cassidy
Jack Cassidy
John Joseph Edward “Jack” Cassidy was an American actor of stage, film and screen.His frequent professional persona was that of an urbane, super-confident egotist with a dramatic flair, much in the manner of Broadway actor Frank Fay...
and John Kahn
John Kahn
John Kahn was an American rock bass player. For a period of about twenty five years Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead.-Biography:...
all took interest in Saunders’s ability. John Kahn turned Saunders on to James Jamerson
James Jamerson
James Lee Jamerson was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s , and he is now regarded as one of the most influential bass players in modern music history...
, and Saunders modeled his playing around all of his teachers. Other influences include Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...
, Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed...
, Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.-Personal history:...
, Ralphe Armstrong, and current favorite Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
. This has led to a very flexible and diverse style.
Saunders has scored movies, corporate videos, TV shows and commercials, and produced many CDs, primarily out of his own studio, Magic Castle. He wrote the music to the stage play Zetta, performed in San Francisco by the American Conservatory Theatre, and also assumed the role of musical director for the show. He was the musical director of Rock Justice, written by Bob Heyman and Marty Balin
Marty Balin
Marty Balin is an American musician. He is best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane.-Early life:Martyn Buchwald was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...
of Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...
. Artists collaborating with him on recent projects have included Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...
, John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
and Austin "Auggie" Brown
Austin Brown
Austin Brown is an American musician, best known for being the youngest child of singer Rebbie Jackson, of the famous Jackson musical family.-Early life:...
, the nephew of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
. (Auggie's project was sold to Midas Records.)
Saunders has been influenced by Gospel music
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
since he was a young child. He studied under choir director Leon Patillo
Leon Patillo
Leon Patillo is an American Contemporary Christian singer and evangelist.-Career:Patillo's first musical endeavor was with the group Creation, later called Leon's Creation. Formed in the late 1960s, Creation was a funk group similar in style and composition to Sly & the Family Stone; they were...
. Saunders met the Hawkins family when he was 14, and credits them with not only inspiring him to play bass but with giving spiritual guidance to his life. He played with Walter Hawkins
Walter Hawkins
Walter Hawkins was an American gospel music singer, and a pastor. Hawkins was consecrated to the bishopic in 1992. He died at his home in Ripon, California, from pancreatic cancer....
, Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He are best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" , which was included on the Songs of the Century list...
and Tramaine Hawkins and the Love Center Choir in the 80's, and released He Lifted Me Up, his first gospel project, in 2005. Among the other Gospel artists Saunders has played with are Andrae Crouch
Andrae Crouch
Andraé Crouch is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor.-Early years:Born Andraé Edward Crouch in San Francisco, California....
, the Clark Sisters, the late Reverend James Moore
James Moore (gospel singer)
Reverend James Moore Sr. , born James Leslie Moore in Detroit, Michigan, was a gospel artist well known throughout the gospel recording industry for his powerful vocal abilities. Moore had a genuine love for the traditional sounds of the church, but came to appreciate the uprising contemporary form...
, Daryl Coley
Daryl Coley
-Early life:Daryl Coley was born in Berkeley, California in 1955, spending his formative years in Oakland, California. His parents separated when he was five years old, with he and his two siblings being raised by his mother in a solid Christian home. Musically, Coley was first influenced by his...
, James Cleveland
James Cleveland
The Reverend Dr. James Cleveland was a gospel singer, arranger, composer and, most significantly, the driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound, bringing the stylistic daring of hard gospel and jazz and pop music influences to arrangements for mass choirs...
and the Williams Brothers
Williams Brothers
The Williams Brothers were a singing quartet that performed extensively on radio, movies, nightclubs, and television from 1938 through the 1990s.-History:...
. His most recent Gospel project features Derrick Hughes, Alfreda Lyons-Campbell, and Saunders' longtime friend, gospel bassist/drummer Joel Smith
Joel Smith
Joel Smith is a former Australian rules footballer.Beginning his career in 1995 as a bright young prospect for St Kilda, Smith was touted as the future of the club....
(Walter and Ed's nephew).
Saunders has worked with and performed on behalf of several charitable and social issues oriented organizations including the Seva Foundation
Seva Foundation
Seva Foundation is an international health organization based in Berkeley, California, that was founded in 1978 by public health expert Dr. Larry Brilliant. Seva is best known for their work restoring eyesight to nearly 3 million blind people suffering from cataract blindness in places like Tibet,...
, the Rex Foundation
Rex Foundation
The Rex Foundation was created by "members of the Grateful Dead and Friends" in 1983 as a charitable non-profit organization to "proactively provide extensive community support to creative endeavors in the arts, sciences, and education." The organization is named after Rex Jackson, a Grateful Dead...
, Rock for Hope, the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, and the Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network is an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, USA. The organization was founded by Randy "Hurricane" Hayes and Mike Roselle in 1985, with the financial help of Fund for Wild Nature....
.
Bands featuring Tony Saunders include Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band, Band of Gypsies with Buddy Miles
Buddy Miles
George Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...
, Zero, Robert Winters
Robert Winters
Robert Henry Winters, PC was a Canadian politician and businessman.Born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the son of a fishing captain, Winters went to Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, and then to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to complete his degree in electrical engineering...
& Fall, Tony Saunders & Paradize, andM.R.L.S. A re-launch of the Rainforest Band as a tribute to Merl Saunders took place at the 29th Starwood Festival
Starwood Festival
The Starwood Festival is a seven-day Neo-Pagan, New Age, multi-cultural and world music festival presented in mid- to late July. Approximately 1,500 people attend including staff, speakers and entertainers. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects...
on July 25, 2009, the site of their last performance, featuring Tony Saunders, guitarist Michael Hinton, and other members of the Rainforest Band and other Saunders’ projects. Also appearing were Sikiru Adepoju
Sikiru Adepoju
Sikiru Adepoju is a percussionist and recording artist from Nigeria, primarily in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He plays a variety of instruments and styles.- Background :...
on talking drum and Douglas "Val" Serrant on steel drum and djembe
Djembe
A djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands....
.
Tony studio has produced Ashling CD "Sweet Feelings" for San Francisco Records, Margo Le Duc's CD "Let Love In", Nina Causey's CD "Holding On Forever" and Gwendolyn Davis' CD Amazing
Tony's new CD 2011 is titled "Romancing The Bass" and features the single Tender Loving. This CD also has a song on it with his dad Merl Saunders.
Awards and honors
Saunders has received two Emmy awards. He also won the New York Film FestivalNew York Film Festival
The New York Film Festival has been a major film festival since it began in 1963 in New York. The films are selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center...
's Grand and Silver Award for educational compositions.
Discography
- Right On / Mighty Whitey - The Man Child Singers (1969) Summertone (45 RPM)
- Merl Saunders - Merl Saunders (1974) Fantasy
- You Can Keep Your Hat On - Merl Saunders (1976) Bass
- Light'n up Please! - David Liebman (1976) Bass
- Come to Me - Juice Newton (1977) Bass
- Rock Justice - Marty Balin (1979) EMI (Cast Recording - Music Director)
- Imagine Heaven - Edwin Hawkins Singers (1982) Clavinet
- Death or Glory - Combat 84 (1984) (Liner notes only)
- Do the Right Thing [Soundtrack] (1988) (Mixing / engineer)
- Chain - Family Stand (1990) (Mixing only)
- Funk Drumming - Jim PayneJim PayneJim Payne may refer to:*Jim Payne , Newfoundland folk singer*Jim Payne , English golfer*Jim Payne , 2006 news presenter on Orlando, Florida, NBC affiliate WESH...
(1993) - Brothers & Sisters I Will Be Praying for You - Rev. James Moore (1994) Bass
- Beyond The Thunder - Neal Schon (1995)
- Best Kept Secret - Lady Bianca (1995) Bass
- Red Blooded Blues - Various Artists (1995) Percussion
- Blues of the Month Club - Joe Louis Walker (1995) Bass
- Blue Gold - Various Artists (1996) Bass
- Keepers - Merl Saunders (1997) Bass
- Takoma Eclectic Sampler - Various Artists (1997) Bass
- Every Woman's Blues: The Best of New Generation - Various Artists (1998) Bass
- Fiesta Amazonica - Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band (1998) Bass
- Summertime in the Big City - Larry Vann (1998) Bass, Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Keyboard Programming
- Illegally Insane - Fifty One Fifty (1999)
- Blues Routes: Heroes & Tricksters - Various Artists (1999) Bass
- Yes I'm Ready - Ricardo Scales (1999) Bass
- Blues for a Rotten Afternoon - Various Artists (2000) Bass
- Rollin - Lady Bianca (2001) Bass
- Whispering Waters - Tony Saunders/Paradize (2002) Bass, Arranger, Producer, Bass (Upright), 6-String Bass, 5-string Bass
- Final Recordings 1 - John Lee Hooker (2003) Organ & Bass
- Reason Why - Loni Williams (2003) Engineer, Mixing
- Rhythm & Roots of Larry Vann - Larry Vann (2003) Arranger, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming
- Sweet Jimmie Sings the Blues - Sweet Jimmie (2003) Bass
- Face to Face - John Lee Hooker (2004) Organ, Bass
- I Am Sorry - Rene (2004) Bass, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Drum Programming, Mixing
- The Unsung Soldier - Tony Saunders (2004)
- Still Groovin - Merl Saunders (2004) Bass|Keyboards|Fender Rhodes, Arranger|Producer|Mixing|Musician
- Jazz Ala Soul - M.R.L.S. (2004) Arranger|Engineer|Mixing, Bass
- Live! From San Francisco - R&B All-Stars (2004) Bass, Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, Repair
- Songs for My Three Mothers - Juel Nero (2004) Vocals (bckgr), Producer
- Songs for the Being Human - Steven B.'s Heart Language (2005) Bass, Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer
- Back From the Dead - Automatic Pilot (2005) Guitar (Bass), Guest Appearance (Brown and McQueen Music)
- Sunlight of My People - Ayana (2005) Bass (Electric), Engineer, Mixing
- Sweet Love - Patricia Wilder (2005) Synthesizer, Bass, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Mixing
- He Lifted Me Up - Tony Saunders (2005)
- In a Mendocino Town [Bonus Tracks] - II Big (2006) Guitar (Bass), Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guest Appearance
- Face in the Glass - II Big (2007) Bass, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guest Appearance
- Knee Deep - James Levi (2007) Bass, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer
- Home Schooled: The ABCs Of Kid Soul - Various (compilation) (2007) Numero Group
- Just Kita - Nikita Germaine (2008)
- Sweet Feelings - Ashling Cole (2008)
- Cyril Magnin Street Fair - Various Artists (2008) Group Member
- Live at John's Grill - We 3 (2008) Bass, Producer, Executive Producer, Bass (Upright), 6-String Bass, 5-string Bass, Group Member
- Magic Touch - Ron Thompson and the Resistors (2008) Bass, Engineer, Mastering
- Paradise in the Valley - Hartfield Family (2008) Synthesizer, Bass, Piano, Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Vocal Arrangement, Editing, Drum Programming, Mixing, Instrumentation
- St. Mark Baptist Church: 60th Anniversary - Pastor Rodney G. McNab SR./The Spiritual (2008) Guitar (Bass), Producer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Filmography
- Rock Justice - Marty Balin (1979) EMI (Music Director) (DVD released 2007)
- Peggy Sue Got Married - (1986) Actor (in "The Four-Mations"), musical performer, wrote one song
- CBS Schoolbreak Special: God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes (1986) actor: Balliff
- Farmer & Chase - (1995) Soundtrack
- Faith & Fear: The Children of Krishna (2001) Composer & Musician (TV)
- Beginning Bass - Tony Saunders DVD (2005)
- Writer's Day (2005) Composer & Foley Artist
- Learning Bass Guitar - Tony Saunders & Rudy SarzoRudy SarzoRudy Sarzo is a Cuban American hard rock/heavy metal bassist. Sarzo has played with many well known heavy metal acts including Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio and Blue Öyster Cult.-Early life:...
- DVD (2007)