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The First Milestone

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2000
Track listing: Stand Pat, #34 Was Sweetness (for Walter Payton), The First Milestone, The Towering Inferno, Night Song, Last Night When We Were Young, The Phineas Trane, I

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Classmasters

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2000
Track listing: Rhyne, Rhythm And Song; Watch What Happens; What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life; Stanley's Shuffle; Don't Explain; Well You Needn't; Oriental Flower; Search For Peace; Like Sonny; What Is This Thing Called Love.

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Excursions

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2000
Track listing: Shortcake; Little B’s Poem; Excursions; What Is There To Say; Angel Eyes; Little Karin; Jim’s Waltz; Fried Pies.

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Article: Interview

A Chat With Eric Alexander

Read "A Chat With Eric Alexander" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


One of the few “young lions" who is more influenced by Dexter Gordon and George Coleman than by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has come very far with his career in a short period of time. Following his first year of studying classical music at Indiana University as an alto player, Alexander ...

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Article: Album Review

Eric Alexander: The First Milestone

Read "The First Milestone" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


For all intents and purposes, you might like to think of Eric Alexander as being a modern-day equivalent of Tina Brooks, a very neglected tenor man from the ‘60s who just happened to be around when such mega stars as Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins also happened to be walking on the planet. Alexander ...

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Eric Alexander: The First Milestone

Read "The First Milestone" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


With the release of The First Milestone, Eric Alexander continues to make the transition from a young, hard-blowing tenor saxophonist to a mature soloist and leader of interesting small bands. Alexander is simply getting better at what he’s been doing quite well all along; that is, making high-energy music largely based on the spectrum of straight-ahead ...

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Eric Alexander: The First Milestone

Read "The First Milestone" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Eric Alexander suffers from an ailment we’ll call Joe Lovano disease. Like his one time professor, Alexander so fluidly handles bebop patterns with relative ease that listeners dismiss his talent for casualness. His less-than-showman approach scores high with critics and fellow musicians but discovery by a wide audience requires style that has nothing to do with ...

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Article: Album Review

Eric Alexander: Alexander The Great

Read "Alexander The Great" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Among the numerous projects in which Eric Alexander was involved during the nineteen- nineties (including a dozen records under his own name and approximately three times as many as a sideman) was his ongoing involvement in the soul-jazz band of the late Charles Earland. Alexander’s stint with “The Mighty Burner” was his first major gig after ...

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Man With A Horn

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 1999

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Article: Album Review

Eric Alexander: Man With A Horn

Read "Man With A Horn" reviewed by John Sharpe


Consider this fact. In 1991, Eric Alexander finished second to Joshua Redman at the Thelonious Monk Institute's saxophone competition. Joshua is now one of jazz's reigning hot-shot young lions while Eric remains a virtual unknown. Who said life is fair? If there is any justice, Man With A Horn should correct this problem. Working hand in ...


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