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Alexander McCabe: Quiz

by Dan McClenaghan
September 25, 2010

Alto saxophonist/composer Alexander McCabe returns from a five-year recording hiatus with the swinging, accessible, and sometimes surprisingly adventurous Quiz.The Round (Wamco Music, 2005), McCabe's previous offering, was a superb mainstream set, with a hint of the Irish barroom on the title tune. Quiz once again displays the artist's mainstream frame of mind in a ...

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Alexander McCabe: The Round

Read "The Round" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
May 20, 2006

Mostly through original tunes, The Round explores diverse music without straying too far from the jazz realm. This is evident from the first track, “Floating, where saxophonist Alexander McCabe goes into a bossa nova-esque direction (the opening notes are immediately reminiscent of Jobim's “Chovendo Na Roseira ), reminding me of how much I loved Getz's incursions ...

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Alexander McCabe: The Round

Read "The Round" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 3, 2006

Round segna l'esordio discografico del sassofonista Alexander McCabe, gia' distintosi nella jazz band newyorkese diretta da Arturo O'Farrill nonche' al fianco di Ray Charles. Il suo e' un progetto all'insegna della sintesi del miglior jazz moderno, attraverso cui il leader attualizza al meglio la tradizione del proprio strumento (Cannonball Adderley e Jackie McLean fra tutti), che ...

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The Round

By Alexander McCabe

Label: Wamco Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Floating; Taylor Made; The Round; Vilage Walk; Jugo; Yours; A Cry From the Rain Forest; Salvo.

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Alexander McCabe: The Round

Read "The Round" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
November 3, 2005

You've got to give credit to altoist Alexander McCabe for providing the music on his debut recording at his own pace, which means initially unhurried and lyrical, yet full of ideas. McCabe may be a free blower in clubs, but you'd never know it here. Originally from Boston, Alexander McCabe worked with two of ...

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Alexander McCabe: The Round

Read "The Round" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
October 23, 2005

In a career that has spanned two decades, Alexander McCabe has played with Chico O'Farrill, Harold Mabern, and Ray Charles, which should say something about his playing on the alto saxophone. He counts John Coltrane and Charlie Parker among his influences, and their mark is evident in his playing. However, it is quite a different thing ...

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Alexander McCabe: The Round

Read "The Round" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 19, 2005

The Round comes to life on a swaying melody, with the leader's engaging composition “Floating." Alto saxophonist Alexander McCabe's blows in with an Art Pepper-like intensity inside the tune's drifitng ambiance, an atmosphere that he and the band achieve with a seeming ease.McCabe studied with George Coleman, an undersung Miles Davis sideman during the ...