Jazz Articles

Brian Lenair: The Journey

by Brian Soergel
September 7, 2004

Brian Lenair is a new name on the R&B saxophone scene, and he shows his chops on this fourteen-song CD, featuring nine that he wrote. His first single, “Gone Ridin'," is a toe-tapping soprano sax ride that sounds a bit like Kim Waters. It's a good song. The challenge for smooth sax players with R&B leanings is making their sound stand out from others, but it's a challenge not many too players are willing to take. Lenair is in this ...