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The Live at the Keynote

Label: Video Arts Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Bee Hive; Maybe September; In the Still of the Night; Edward Lee; A NIghtingale Sang in Berkeley Square; Stan's Shuffle; Alone Together.

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Eric Alexander Quartet: The Live at the Keynote

Read "The Live at the Keynote" reviewed by Ken Dryden


These impressive live sessions by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Nat Reeves and drummer Joe Farnsworth come from a 1999 gig at the Keynote in Tokyo. Mabern's furious “The Bee Hive, an intense bopper showcasing each musician in turn, packs a powerful punch as an opener. Alexander's subtle handling of ...

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Eric Alexander: It's All In The Game

Read "It's All In The Game" reviewed 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 ...

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Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring: The Battle - Live at Smoke

Read "The Battle - Live at Smoke" reviewed 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 ...

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Blueslike

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.

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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

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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

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Eric Alexander: Dead Center

Read "Dead Center" reviewed 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 ...

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Eric Alexander: Dead Center

Read "Dead Center" reviewed 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 ...

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Eric Alexander: Gentle Ballads

Read "Gentle Ballads" reviewed 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 ...


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