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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: Gentle Ballads

Read "Gentle Ballads" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
September 25, 2004

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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