Jeff Alkire

Jeff Alkire: One Summer In Winters

by Michael P. Gladstone
April 29, 2007

Were one to accept the background notes on altoist/composer Jeff Alkire's One Summer In Winters, it would be reasonable to expect a Paul Winter-type album, in which the music is tailored to bring out the purity of communicating with the wildlife animals that frequent Alikre's northern California property. The altoist intended to “send something beautiful back into the world," and he noted that the music was inspired by the environment during the summer that this project was conceived. In short, ...