Jazz Articles about Eric Alexander

Alexander/Hicks/Mraz/Muhammad: Solid!

by Douglas Payne
October 1, 1998

Solid! is an aptly-titled tribute to Prestige Records, one year shy of its 50th anniversary. The music focuses squarely on the loose, swinging bebop the label made famous in the mid to late 1950s, when big names like Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane “headlined" sessions.Most of the nine tracks are well-known parts of Prestige's heritage, and benefit by the tight-knit communication of the rhythm section, known elsewhere as the ...