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Eric Alexander: It's All In The Game
by Nic Jones
"I'm trying to have the whole horn sing clearly and relatively evenly," Eric Alexander says in a quote in the booklet notes which accompany It's All In The Game. There's ample evidence here of how successful he's been with that aim, but he neglects to mention that allying it with an exceptional level of invention within ...
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring: The Battle - Live at Smoke
by Alain Londes
Without a doubt, Eric Alexander is one of the most hardworking and serious young tenor saxophone players out there. To see him perform live is to witness technical fluency combined with up-tempo and hard boppin' intensity. This recording, taped live at Smoke in New York, finds him joined by the equally talented Vincent Herring on alto ...
Dead Center
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: One for Steve; Sonrisa; Almost Like Being in Love; It's Magic; A Few Miles from Memphis; Search for Peace; Dead Center; I Could Have Danced All Night
Blueslike
By One for All
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2004
Track listing: Five Outs To Go; We'll Be Together Again; Till There Was You; In Between The Heartaches; Blueslike; Yasashiku;
Naima; Giant Steps.
Gentle Ballads
Label: Venus Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, Left Alone, Gently, Here's to Life,
Midnight Sun, Harlem Nocturne, Soul Eyes, Under a Blanket of Blue, Stormy
Weather, Chelsea Bridge, Harlem Nocturne II
Eric Alexander: Dead Center
by Jack Bowers
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 ...
Eric Alexander: Dead Center
by John Kelman
Some albums take days, weeks, even months to record, and even then don't capture the essence of the artist. Not so with Dead Center by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, who, while still in his mid-30s, is possessed of such self-assurance and pure intent that one day is all it takes to lay down and preserve everything ...
Eric Alexander: Gentle Ballads
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
This CD offers classic fare from a well-oiled quartet. It's a satisfying sampler of tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander's strong, burnished-copper tone, which is nicely balanced by pianist Mike LeDonne's elegant filigree. In a recent Downbeat interview, Alexander named Coleman Hawkins as a major influence because “he just puts the information on the plate, and more power ...
Nightlife In Tokyo
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Nemesis 2. I Can Dream, Can't I? 3. Nightlife In Tokyo 4. I'll Be Around 5. Cold Smoke 6. Island 7.
Big R.C. 8. Lock up and Bow Out
Eric Alexander: Nightlife In Tokyo
by Franz A. Matzner
"Nemesis," the opening track of Eric Alexander’s latest release, Nightlife in Tokyo, encapsulates within its twisting motif and exotic garb both the positive and negative qualities of the album. The motif is compelling, but only because it is so reminiscent of Coltrane tracks like “India” and “Naima.” The tune provides a utilitarian launching pad for Alexander’s ...
