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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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by Edward Blanco
Veteran New York-based saxophonist, pianist and composer Alexander McCabe is primarily an industry musician with extensive TV and movie credits as well as several previous recordings of his own. He presents his eight album as leader, the playful Latin-styled Cuba Bella, a vocal Spanish language project with music by McCabe and lyrics from his Cuban-born wife Maritza. Containing a rare mix of Cuban and Mexican sounds with contemporary jazz overtones, the album is a sparkling upbeat package of Latin Afro-Cuban ...
read moreFreddie Hubbard & Alexander McCabe
by Joe Dimino
From a mainstay on the New York jazz scene, we begin the 702nd Episode of Neon Jazz with Alexander McCabe and a song off his 2020 album I'd Prefer. We spend the rest of this episode on music from Sean Nimmons, Audrey Foxx, Jeff Ellwood and Chance Hayden. Our final song on this hour of jazz comes from Kansas City Trumpeter E.E. Pointer off his release Quarantine Dreams. Enjoy the jazz. Playlist Alexander McCabe “New York City" I'd ...
read moreAlexander McCabe / Paul Odeh: This Is Not A Pipe
by Bruce Lindsay
The title is, presumably, a nod to “Ceci, C'est Ne Pas Une Pipe," the phrase which Rene Magritte wrote on his famous painting La Trahison Des Images. The painting wasn't, of course, a pipe, just a painting of a pipe. This Is Not A Pipe isn't a pipe either--it isn't even a painting of a pipe. So what is it? Alto saxophonist Alexander McCabe and pianist Paul Odeh have the answer--it's a recording of eight tunes, three standards and five ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
Are we having fun yet? Saxophonist Alexander McCabe and pianist Paul Odeh are, on a rollicking duo outing, This Is Not A Pipe. The frequent collaborators delve into a loose-jointed, roll and tumble examination of some jazz standards and McCabe originals. The word “seamless" is an often used--some would say over-used--as a description of a recorded offering. This Is Not A Pipe is not that. It is about as Un-seamless as can be. It sounds as if two ...
read moreAlexander McCabe: Quiz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il saxofonista e compositore Alexander McCabe torna a incidere un album in qualità di leader a cinque anni di distanza da The Round, dopo aver arricchito il proprio curriculum con la realizzazione di musica per serie TV, film e documentari. Nel nuovo Quiz McCabe si è scelto dei compagni di avventure jazzistiche di sicuro livello, come Uri Caine al piano e una ritmica composta dal Ugonna Okegwo al basso - già con il leaader in altre occasioni - e due ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
Quiz, alto saxophonist Alexander McCabe's second album as leader, appears five years after his previous release, The Round (Wamco Music, 2005). McCabe has been a member of Ray Charles' Orchestra and ska band Mephiskapheles, as well as working with jazz greats like Joe Henderson and Ray Brown. He cites tenor giants Ben Webster, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins as influences, but it's altoists like Charlie Parker and Eric Dolphy that impact most clearly on his sound. The ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
Alto saxophonist/composer Alexander McCabe returns from a five-year recording hiatus with the swinging, accessible, and sometimes surprisingly adventurous Quiz.The Round (Wamco Music, 2005), McCabe's previous offering, was a superb mainstream set, with a hint of the Irish barroom on the title tune. Quiz once again displays the artist's mainstream frame of mind in a vibrant ensemble featuring pianist Uri Caine, bassist Ugonna Okegwo, and drummers Greg Hutchinson and Rudy Royston. Where The Round had a more traditional jazz ...
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