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The Anniversary Quartet: You'll See!

by AAJ Staff
April 5, 2005

The Anniversary Quartet is a working band consisting of Eric Alexander on tenor sax, Peter Bernstein on guitar, Mike LeDonne on organ, and Joe Farnsworth on drums, so named because they played a gig to commemmorate the fourth anniversary of the Cellar Club in Vancouver, Canada. Thankfully, the music was recorded and is now available.

The Anniversary Quartet plays bop-based organ jazz, using forms and devices that go back decades. However, these musicians have personal sounds, their own ...