Meadows began playing the clarinet and studying classical music at the age of nine. He started playing tenor sax in high school, and then migrated to
soprano sax. His passion for various types of music led him down an
eclectic musical path. He was intrigued by the styles of jazz musicians, like
Stanley Turrentine, Sidney Bichet, John Coltrane, Grover Washington and many others.

Meadows’ first RCA release “For Lover’s Only” was a huge
success and was followed by his ground breaking “Keep it Right There”
album. He became a staple of the contemporary jazz format with his
subsequent recordings, which include Body Rhythm (1994) and Forbidden
Fruit (1996), Passion (1997), Another Side Of Midnight (1999), Next To You
(2000), In Deep (2002), Players Club (2004), Dressed To Chill (2006),
Secrets (2009) Whisper (2013) and Soul Traveler his current release on the
New York based Shanachie Label.

Saxophonist, composer, producer, and vocalist Eric Darius likes to play by his own rules. Fearlessly pushing all musical boundaries, he is one of the most exciting musicians to enter the Contemporary Jazz scene in the last decade. With six critically acclaimed albums under his belt, a #1 hit single, and seven Top 10 radio hits, Eric Darius’ star continues to rise straight to the top. Eric has shared the stage with innumerable world renown, Grammy Award-winning artists, such as Prince, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, David Foster, Carlos Santana, Babyface, Wynton Marsalis & George Benson, just to name a few. His music innovatively crosses over all music boundaries from Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, to Pop, creating a very distinctive, fresh sound and approach that is uniquely his own