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Eric Alexander: Man With A Horn
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 ...
Eric Alexander: Man With A Horn
by Douglas Payne
Think of the stunning array of tenor greats buoyed at one time or another by pianist Cedar Walton: John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Clifford Jordan, Wayne Shorter, Hank Mobley, Joe Henderson, Lucky Thompson, Junior Cook, George Coleman and Stanley Turrentine to name only a few. And these associations take into account neither the considerable number ...
Eric Alexander: Man With A Horn
by Glenn Astarita
A best seller in Japan in 1997, Man With A Horn has recently been released Stateside by the folks at Milestone records. Thirty-year-old tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander shows quite a bit of verve and panache on this release. Alexander’s funk-swing based “Unsung Hero” glowingly demonstrates his sure-fired, well-pronounced phrasing and cleverly stated lyricism through his huge ...
Mode For Mabes
Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Mode for Mabes; Sugar Ray; For Heaven
Eric Alexander: Mode For Mabes
by Jim Santella
Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, who turns 30 this year, has worked with Pat Martino, Freddy Cole, Mel Rhyne, Charles Earland, Peter Bernstein, Joe Magnarelli, Mark Elf, John Swana, Cecil Payne, and his teacher at William Paterson College, pianist Harold Mabern. Alexander’s ninth recording as a leader features a Chicago rhythm section of Mabern, bassist John Webber, ...
Alexander/Hicks/Mraz/Muhammad: Solid!
by Douglas Payne
Solid! is an aptly-titled tribute to Prestige Records, one year shy of its 50th anniversary. The music focuses squarely on the loose, swinging bebop the label made famous in the mid to late 1950s, when big names like Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane “headlined" sessions.Most ...
In The Moment
By John Swana
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 1996
Track listing: The Lonely Ones; Le Barron; Teeko; Martha; 946 North Randolph; I Wanna Be Happy; Troubled Times; Ballad Of The
Sad Young Men; Esther's Step.
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