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The Kerry Strayer Septet: Mentor

Read "Mentor" reviewed by Jack Bowers


It takes years to learn to play jazz as well as Kerry Strayer does, and one always needs a mentor —perhaps several—to help him (or her) reach such a lofty plateau. Gary Foster, among the West Coast’s best and busiest reed masters, is one of Kansas City-based composer/arranger/saxophonist Strayer’s most influential teachers, and it is Foster ...

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The Kerry Strayer Septet: Jeru Blue: A Tribute to Gerry Mulligan

Read "Jeru Blue: A Tribute to Gerry Mulligan" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Palmetto Records has struck gold again with Jeru Blue, Kansas City–based saxophonist Kerry Strayer’s heartfelt and picturesque salute to one of his earliest musical influences, the peerless Gerry Mulligan. It was after hearing a recording by Mulligan and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond that Strayer was hooked forever on the baritone, which he wields in a style ...

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The Kerry Strayer Septet: Jeru Blue: A Tribute to Gerry Mulligan

Read "Jeru Blue: A Tribute to Gerry Mulligan" reviewed by Joel Roberts


In the years since Gerry Mulligan's death, a number of albums have been recorded in tribute to the great baritone saxophonist and cool jazz patriarch. Kerry Strayer's Jeru Blue, his debut release on the Palmetto label, certainly deserves consideration as one of the best. Strayer, a Kansas City baritone saxophonist and bandleader, has written eight fresh ...


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