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Eric Person

Eric Person is setting a new standard in sound. For over twenty years, Eric has been committed to composing, recording and performing contemporary American music. He plays the alto and soprano saxophones and flute and is featured as a leader and sideman on more than 30 recordings. Eric studied at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music and has been active in the New York and international jazz scene for decades. His broad range of experience with Dave Holland, McCoy Tyner, Chico Hamilton, Ronald Shannon Jackson, the World Saxophone Quartet, and John Hicks, have all contributed greatly to his mature alto and soprano sound and his skills as an arranger and composer.

Extra Pressure

By Eric Person

Label: Distinction
Released: 2026
Track listing: Extra Pressure; Personal Blues; Fallout; The Pull; There will be Better Days; Special Someone; Perfection; Song of September; Constellations-Pictures of Orion; This Devotion.

Eric Person: Extra Pressure

by Mike Jurkovic
June 7, 2026

Curating the elders while clearing his own path, there is an urgent, blue ease to alto and soprano sax man Eric Person's resonance. As a matter of fact, there is a blue urgency to all of Person's compositions: His wiry lines have stories to tell and tell them he does, with a soulful urban sovereignty. Witness “Fallout," ...

Lisa Hilton, Blue Moods, Jim Mullen, Claire Martin and more

by Benjamin Boddie
January 17, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music Lisa Hilton, Blue Moods, Jim Mullen, Claire Martin, Rick Roe, Scott Hamilton, Benjie Porecki, Allegra Levy, Jessica Jones, Roberto Margris, Brent Laidler, Eldad Tarmu, Thomas Martin Lopez, Renee Rosnes, Don Paul, Theoretical Planets, Steve Smith, Camille Thurman, Brian Charette, Ben Paterson and more. Playlist Lisa Hilton “All Blues" from ...

Hayoung Lyou, Pete Rodriguez, Kika Sprangers, Eric Person & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2025

As temperatures keep dropping, we must rely on music to get the heat we need. Enjoy a playlist that should bring you a welcome degree of warmth and introspection.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Peter Somuah “Conqueror" Highlife (ACT) 0:16 Host talks 4:18 Pete ...

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2025

Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Rhythm Edge

By Eric Person

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tyner Town; The Multitudes; Majestic Taurean Majesty; I'll Be Just Fine; Beauty; Reach; Rhythm Edge; A word from our sponsor; It's Time Again; Supersonic; Pendulum Swing; Sunset; Pretty Strange Love.

Laura

By John Esposito

Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Clarity; Laura; Blues For Bugalu; First Sight; Fearless; La Leque; Blues For Shorty; Through The Treetops; A Sailor's Farewell.

David Bailis, Brian Charette, Cliff Korman, Camille Thurman and more

by Benjamin Boddie
December 11, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by David Bailis, Brian Charette, Cliff Korman, Sivan Arbel, Doug MacDonald, Eric Person, Diego Rivera, Camille Thurman, George Cables, Brandon Sanders, Andrew Vogt, Steve Davis, Steven Feifke, Samara Joy, Heavy Hitters, Ed Neumeister, Ginetta's Vendetta, Hyeonseon Baek, Dred Scott, Matt Steckler, and more. PlaylistDavid Bailis “Big Dreams" from Tree ...