Jazz Articles about Larry Slezak

About Larry Slezak

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Meet Larry Slezak:Larry Slezak is one of Houston's great jazz saxophonists. But outside of well-known jazz venues in the southwest, he has seldom been heard on record. His debut release, No Worries treats listeners from Houston and beyond to Slezak's versatility, expressive ideas, energy and mastery of the saxophone.Instrument(s): Saxophone.I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I was 13 years old and my father took me to Carnegie Hall to see Louis ...

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Album Review

Larry Slezak: No Worries

Read "No Worries" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
May 10, 2009

There are times when, coming across a disc from an unfamiliar artist that results in a welcome surprise after only one listen, the question is begged: Where has this musician been hiding? Such is the case with New York born and bred saxophonist/educator Larry Slezak, who delivers his very first album as leader with No Worries,, and what an album it is. With a dynamic selection of standards--from Neal Hefti's oft-recorded “Girl Talk," Carl Fischer's love ballad, “You've Changed," to ...