Merl Saunders

Merl Saunders () var ein USA-amerikansk pianist og klaverspelar, som ofte spelte Hammond B-3-orgel.

Han vart kjend i 1970-åra då han byrja å spele med Jerry Garcia og Grateful Dead. I lag skipa dei Saunders/Garcia Band, som gav ut tre album, og som vart til Legion of Mary i 1974. Han leia sitt eige band som Merl Saunders and Friends.

Saunders arbeidde òg med musikarane Paul Pena, Bonnie Raitt, Phish, Widespread Panic, Miles Davis og B.B. King. ref>  The case was later settled amicably.

Diskografi

Album
 1968 - Soul Grooving - Merl Saunders Trio and Big Band
 1972 - Heavy Turbulence - med Tom Fogerty og Jerry Garcia
 1973 - Fire Up - med Tom Fogerty og Jerry Garcia
 1973 - Live at Keystone - med Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
 1974 - Merl Saunders
 1976 - You Can Leave Your Hat On - med Aunt Monk
 1979 - Do I Move You
 1982 - San Francisco After Dark
 1987 - Meridien Dreams
 1988 - Keystone Encores - med Jerry Garcia, John Kahn & Bill Vitt
 1990 - Blues From The Rainforest: A Musical Suite - Featuring Muruga Booker, Eddie Moore, Shakti, Joanie Lane aka:Jamie,Special Guest: Jerry Garcia
 1991 - Save The Planet So We'll Have Someplace To Boogie - Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band
 1992 - Fire Up Plus - med Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Tom Fogerty og Ron Tutt
 1993 - It's In The Air - Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band
 1995 - Still Having Fun
 1997 - Keepers - Merl Saunders and Friends
 1998 - Fiesta Amazonica - Merl Saunders & the Rainforest Band
 1998 - The Twilight Zone (Vol. 1): Original Soundtrack from the TV series - Grateful Dead & Merl Saunders
 1998 - Merl Saunders Live With His Funky Friends
 2000 - Struggling Man - Merl Saunders & His Funky Friends
 2004 - Still Groovin''' Merls final tracks recorded. Special Guest Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, David Grisman og Huey Lewis. Produsert av Tony Saunders
 2004 - Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, 1. september 1974 - med Jerry Garcia
 2005 - Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1 - Legion of Mary med Jerry Garcia
 2006 - Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia 2012 - Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings 2013 - Garcia Live Volume Three - Legion of Mary med Jerry Garcia
 2016 - Garcia Live Volume Six - med Jerry Garcia
 2017 - Garcia Live Volume Nine - med Jerry Garcia
 2019 - Garcia Live Volume 12 - med Jerry Garcia

Singlar
 1968 - I Pity The Fool / Tighten Up (Galaxy 747)
 1969 - Soul Grooving / Up Up and Away (Galaxy 755)
 1970 - Iron Horse / Little Bit of Righteousness (Galaxy 776) - med Heavy Turbulence
 197? - Julia / Five More (Fantasy 620)
 197? - Save Mother Earth, Parts 1 & 2 (Fantasy 668)
 1981 - San Francisco After Dark / Come To Me (Summertone 214)

Som gjesteartist
 1971 - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) - Grateful Dead
 1971 - Danny Cox - Danny Cox
 1972 - Tom Fogerty - Tom Fogerty
 1972 - Steelyard Blues (Soundtrack) - Ymse artistar
 1972 - Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt
 1972 - Europe '72 - Grateful Dead
 1972 - Excalibur - Tom Fogerty
 1973 - Ooh So Good 'N' Blues - Taj Mahal
 1973 - Betty Davis - Betty Davis
 1973 - Moses - Jerry Hahn
 1973 - Brenda Patterson - Brenda Patterson
 1974 - Garcia (Compliments of Garcia) 1974 - Mo' Roots - Taj Mahal
 1975 - Is Having A Wonderful Time - Geoff Muldaur
 1975 - Cesar 830 - Cesar Ascarrunz
 1976 - David Soul - David Soul
 1978 - Cats Under the Stars - Jerry Garcia Band
 1982 - Run for the Roses - Jerry Garcia
 1984 - Amagamalin Street - Robert Hunter
 1988 - Dinosaurs - Dinosaurs
 1988 - Nightfood - Brian Melvin
 1994 - Free Flight - Palomino Duck
 1996 - Life Is Like That - Jerry Miller
 1997 - DAVA - DAVA And The Peace Army
 1998 - Ticket To Fly - Mike Lawson (Recorded in '94, Released on Sumertone Records, Lawson was the only other artist on Merl's label)
 2000 - King Of The Highway - Norton Buffalo and The Knockouts
 2000 - New Train - Paul Pena
 2000 - Hoy Yen Ass'n - Tommy Guerrero and Gadget
 2001 - The Golden Road (1965-1973) - Grateful Dead
 2001 - Gifts From The Dead - Ymse artistar
 2002 - Remedy - Jim Weider Band
 2002 - Rare - Five Point Plan

Filmar
Film/DVD
 Fritz the Cat (1972)
 Black Girl (1972)
 Heavy Traffic (1973)
 Steelyard Blues (1973)
 Headcandy: Sidney's Psychedelic Adventure (1997) Headcandy Productions
 A Tribute to Jerry Garcia: Deadheads Festival Japan 1997 (Japanese Laser Disc, Video Super Rock series VPLR-70650) (1997)
 Blues from the Rainforest: A Musical Suite (1999) Mobile Fidelity
 The Grateful Dead: The End of the Road - The Final Tour '95 (2000) Monterey Video
 Diggers (2006)

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Folk frå San Mateo i California
USA-amerikanske klaverspelarar
Afroamerikanske musikarar
Legion of Mary-medlemmar
Reconstruction-medlemmar
Rainforest Band-medlemmar