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Steve Slagle: Dedication

Veteran reed player Steve Slagle delivers another exciting jazz album in this sequel to Alto Manhattan (Panorama Records, 2016). The core band is much the same: pianist Lawrence Fields, drummer Bill Stewart, and Roman Diaz playing conga and percussion on several tracks. Frequent playing partner Scott Colley joins in on bass, and the special guest is ...
Dedication

Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Sun Song; Niner; Major In Come; Triste Beleza (Beautiful Sadness); Opener; Watching Over; Corazon; Sofi; Charcoal Blues.
Steve Slagle: Dedication

Steve Slagle is one of those players that's often overlooked yet hard to forget. Why this sixty-five-year-old saxophonist who's constantly bringing energy and a spirit of exploration to the fore doesn't get the ink or marquees that come to his musical peers ten years his senior or several decades his junior is something of a head-scratcher. ...
Alto Manhattan

Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Family; Alto Manhattan; I Know That You Know; Body & Soul; Inception;
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry; A.M. ; Holiday (In Memory of Toots
Thielemans); Viva La Famalia.
Steve Slagle: Alto Manhattan

Alto Manhattan is Latino for the New York City neighborhood upper Manhattan" (or the heights"). It's also where veteran alto saxophonist/flutist Steve Slagle lives, making for a nice bit of wordplay in the album title. This is a well-balanced program, with just a bit more Latin tinge than average. Family" launches the set with Latin-flavored hard ...
Steve Slagle: Alto Manhattan

Alto Manhattan is a confident and intelligent follow-up to saxophonist Steve Slagle's 2012 album Evensong. Kicking-off with a blues head (but with a twist) Family" is a no-nonsense stormer benefitting from guests Joe Lovano on tenor sax and Roman Diaz on congas and some good tenor / alto jousting" towards the end of the track. Alto ...
The Power Of Two

Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Good News; One Life; Peri's Scope; I'll Wait And Pray; A New Day; KD JR.; The Power Of Two; The Duke; Circle; Into Your Grace; Whistling Spirits.
Steve Slagle & Bill O'Connell: The Power Of Two

The initial impetus behind the creation of this recording was the passing of Kenny Drew Jr., an exceptional and underappreciated pianist who saxophonist Steve Slagle worked with, both in the Mingus Big Band and on one of his own leader dates--Reincarnation (SteepleChase, 1994). On the day his friend passed, Slagle penned KD JR.," later sending it ...
Evensong

Label: Panorama Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Mingus In Us; Blues Four; Supermoon; Quiet Folks; Shadowboxing; Alive; Equal Nox; B Like Me; The Star-Crossed Lovers.