Marley Weathers - Feb 2nd, 2017
from Radio One Chicago Hosted by Radio One Chicago
Born in the Little Village Neighborhood of Chicago Marley Weathers took interest in music while attending Saucedo Scholastic Academy in the city’s Southside. He Joined the school elementary school band in the fourth grade where he picked up the Saxophone. While in the school band he was accepted in a Private Music Program at the time called Merit School of music, where he acquired one on one attention on theory, composition and Performance. At the age of 13 he watched as a Latin Influenced Orchestra named “Sonrisa Tropical” was performing at his elders sisters quince party. He gathered next to them after their performance and asked for some sheet music where the director asked him what he played. Marley told him that he played the saxophone in where the director gave him a business card and told him to call him because he might have a position available to fill if he could handle the part. A few weeks later Marley was performing in clubs all over the city playing the baritone saxophone with the Latin orchestra “Sonrisa Tropical”.
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