Jazz Articles about Eric Person

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Eric Person: Reflections: The Best of Collection

by Florence Wetzel
August 11, 2006

Reflections is an enjoyable selection of saxophonist Eric Person's music from 1993 to 2003, culled from five CDs, plus three previously unreleased tracks recorded at the 1998 Texaco Jazz Festival. All the pieces showcase Person's impeccable chops, which combined with his warmth, intelligence, and wry humor, make him a very special talent indeed. There's not a false note on the whole collection, but several songs in particular stand out. “Perfection" has an angular melody and unique conception; Person's ...

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Eric Person: Eric Person And Meta-Four: Live at Big Sur

by Russ Musto
January 25, 2004

Live concert recordings have always been a particularly effective medium for jazz, encouraging extended improvisation that can often be inhibited in the studio. When the cohesive working unit being recorded is Eric Person's Meta-Four, their performance can benefit from an enthusiastic audience. Such is the case with this enjoyable disc recorded last year at the seventh annual Big Sur Jazz Festival. Person's broad range of experience with drummers Chico Hamilton, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Ronnie Burrage, the ...

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Q&A with Saxophonist Eric Person

by Ludwig vanTrikt
December 11, 2003

Although you recorded “live" before ( Live At Greenwich House and Live at Caravan of Dreams both with Ronald Shannon Jackson) this is your first live recording. How was the process different being a leader?

Eric Person: Everything is different when you are the leader. It's a lot of weight on your shoulders. People looking at you for things, instead of others. With the Shannon Jackson “live" recordings, I was a sideman, and a young one at that, ...

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Eric Person & Meta-Four: Extra Pressure

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2000

What are the exact parameters of post bop? For a term that’s trundled about as frequently as this one there’s a decided lack of consensus as to its meaning. The phrase itself isn’t much help. ‘After bop’ covers basically everything that followed and arose out of bebop’s beginnings over a half-century ago. Further narrowing reveals that post bop music has connections to bebop but in some way has moved beyond the original boundaries of the music. By this broad definition ...