Tenor Sax Dynamo Eric Alexander Plays Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco, March 16-18

"Dead Center. What a marvelous title. If young tenor star Eric Alexander isn't “dead center" on his latest album for HighNote Records, it would take an especially sharp-eyed cat with a microscope to notice. Fact is, Alexander has been nailing the target with unerring accuracy for a number of years now, and people are starting to take heed. . . . Alexander not only has a large, clean and likable sound, reminiscent of Dexter Gordon or George Coleman, his technique is flawless, he's never at a loss for the proper note or phrase, and he swings like every chorus may be his last"--Jack Bowers, All About Jazz, reviewing Eric Alexander's latest CD.

Tenor sax star Eric Alexander will be making the trip from East Coast to West to perform at Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco's historic North Beach District (256 Columbus Avenue near Broadway) on Friday through Sunday nights, March 16-18, with shows at 8:00 & 10:00 pm. Doors open at 7:30. For more information, visit www.jazzatpearl's.com.

Alexander will be joined by Sacramento pianist Joe Gilman, a treat all to himself if you've never heard him, and a terrific San Francisco rhythm section of Mike Zisman bass and Akira Tana, drums.

With his warm, distinctive sound, beautiful and unyielding as polished ebony, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has taken his place as one of the most exciting saxmen working today. Since making his recording debut in 1991, Alexander has recorded a shelf-full of acclaimed CDs. A mainstay of the New York jazz scene, Alexander appears regularly at the hip, uptown nightclub, Smoke.

Early on, Alexander mentored with jazz greats like George Coleman and Von Freeman, and the great piano legend Harold Maeburn is still Alexander's most frequent collaborator. And while Alexander's virtuostic dexterity and interpretive acuity have grown immensely over his still young career, he has never strayed from the classic power of straight-ahead jazz peformance.