Marlo Henderson
(213)221-8746
marlo@marlohenderson.com
http://marlohenderson.com
“M5” is Marlo’s Hip Hop monocle and the name of his production company.
Bachelor of Arts degree Univ. of N. Mex. 1968
Berkley Music Collage 1971-72
Masters of Fine Arts degree in Music
Univ. of Southern California/ Los Angeles 1992
As a guitarist, arranger, producer, MARLO has performed on more than 50 GOLD AND PLATITUM ALBUMS/CDs to date…
Current Projects:
Marlo is presently composing music to underscore Chris Gardner’s audio book version of his best selling book and highly acclaimed film “The Pursuit of Happyness”. The project is scheduled for early 2011 release.
Musical Director for “East Meets West” a musical play about the merger of eastern and western musical cultures during the 19th and 20th centuries. Performing in five Chinese cities.
Marlo, has written songs for and or with: Buddy Miles, Maxayn, Minnie Riperton, Mandre’, CIX BITS Earth Wind & Fire, The Pointer Sisters, The Emotions, Ramsey Lewis, Booker “T” Jones, Deniece Williams, Tata Vega and Syreeta Wright.
Tours:
Buddy Miles, Maxayn, Stevie Wonder, Minnie Riperton, Seals & Croft, Ray Charles,
Bobby Womack and Lester Chambers.
Records:
Michael Jackson, The Pointer Sisters, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Janet Jackson, Minnie Riperton, Van Morrison, Buddy Miles, The Temptations, Ray Charles, Rufus/Chaka Kahn, Tom Jones, Gil Scott-Heron, Rita Coolidge, Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, Earth Wind & Fire, Patti LaBelle, Seals & Croft, The Jacksons, Gato Barberie, Dusty Springfield, Brenda Russell, Ahmad Jamal, Joe Sample, Johnny Mathis, Deniece Williams,
Smoky Robinson, Bette Midler, Dr. John, Phyllis Hyman, Cher and Quincy Jones.
Hip Hop Discography:
Starting in 1993 performing on Hip Hop projects from The East
Coast’s “Dove Shack” and “KRS-1” to The West Coast’s “Snoop Dogg” and Tupac.