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Steve Slagle: Into The Heart Of It

by Dan Bilawsky
March 11, 2023

In a storied career that's produced more than 20 leader dates, there's little that Steve Slagle hasn't explored and accomplished. Yet here we are with a true first from the veteran alto saxophonist: A stunning bouquet of ballads. Inspired by lodestar outings from legends like John Coltrane, and driven by a desire to find a personalized ...

Into the Heart of it

Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Blue in Green; Le Sucrier Velours (Queen's Suite); Reflections; My One and Only Love; The Heart of It; Kiss Lonely Goodbye; Si, See; If You Could See Me Now; The Four Margarets; Big Mac.

Steve Slagle: Ballads: Into the Heart of it

by Edward Blanco
February 24, 2022

New York-based saxophonist, composer and educator Steve Slagle refused to let the pandemic interfere with his recording activities, and in August of 2021 completed a project covering an assortment of wonderful ballads on Ballads: Into the Heart of it. Having carved out a distinguished musical career spanning over four decades and documented on over 20 albums ...

Steve Slagle: Dedication

by Mark Sullivan
February 12, 2018

Veteran reed player Steve Slagle delivers another exciting jazz album in this sequel to Alto Manhattan (Panorama Records, 2016). The core band is much the same: pianist Lawrence Fields, drummer Bill Stewart, and Roman Diaz playing conga and percussion on several tracks. Frequent playing partner Scott Colley joins in on bass, and the special guest is ...

Dedication

By Steve Slagle

Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Sun Song; Niner; Major In Come; Triste Beleza (Beautiful Sadness); Opener; Watching Over; Corazon; Sofi; Charcoal Blues.

Steve Slagle: Dedication

by Dan Bilawsky
November 21, 2017

Steve Slagle is one of those players that's often overlooked yet hard to forget. Why this sixty-five-year-old saxophonist who's constantly bringing energy and a spirit of exploration to the fore doesn't get the ink or marquees that come to his musical peers ten years his senior or several decades his junior is something of a head-scratcher. ...

Alto Manhattan

By Steve Slagle

Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Family; Alto Manhattan; I Know That You Know; Body & Soul; Inception; Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry; A.M. ; Holiday (In Memory of Toots Thielemans); Viva La Famalia.

Steve Slagle: Alto Manhattan

by Mark Sullivan
December 18, 2016

Alto Manhattan is Latino for the New York City neighborhood “upper Manhattan" (or “the heights"). It's also where veteran alto saxophonist/flutist Steve Slagle lives, making for a nice bit of wordplay in the album title. This is a well-balanced program, with just a bit more Latin tinge than average. “Family" launches the set with Latin-flavored hard ...

Holiday

December 3, 2016

Album: Alto Manhattan
By Steve Slagle
Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2016
Duration: 5:27

Steve Slagle: Alto Manhattan

by Roger Farbey
November 15, 2016

Alto Manhattan is a confident and intelligent follow-up to saxophonist Steve Slagle's 2012 album Evensong. Kicking-off with a blues head (but with a twist) “Family" is a no-nonsense stormer benefitting from guests Joe Lovano on tenor sax and Roman Diaz on congas and some good tenor / alto “jousting" towards the end of the track. “Alto ...