Eric Alexander - A New Beginning - Alto Saxophone with Strings (2023) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Eric Alexander
Title: A New Beginning - Alto Saxophone with Strings
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: HighNote Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-48kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 48:23
Total Size: 114 / 292 / 582 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: A New Beginning - Alto Saxophone with Strings
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: HighNote Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-48kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 48:23
Total Size: 114 / 292 / 582 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Blues for Diane (4:41)
2. Embraceable You (5:41)
3. All My Tomorrows (4:54)
4. Maybe September (7:22)
5. To Love and Be Loved (4:53)
6. Anita (3:44)
7. She Was Too Good to Me (4:44)
8. Too Late Now (5:41)
9. Blues for Diane (6:49)
As difficult times often beget new beginnings, the COVID-19 quagmire gave birth to alto saxophonist Eric Alexander.
To some, a tenor-to-alto switch may not seem to be a newsworthy matter, but for the initiated it's the stuff of headlines. An inveterate tenor at the apex of the scene for more than three decades, Eric put the alto away in his teen years and never looked back. "But with the dearth of opportunities to play during the pandemic, I started to work on it," he confesses.
After successfully pitching the idea of using his second saxophone-with-strings project as a debut on alto, the present recording is quite simply astounding. Working with his regular rhythm section and adding ace string arrangements, this altoist delivers one revelatory performance after another.
Eric Alexander: alto saxophone
David Hazeltine: piano
John Webber: bass
Joe Farnsworth: drums
String arrangements and conducting by Bill Dobbins (tracks 2 - 8 only)
To some, a tenor-to-alto switch may not seem to be a newsworthy matter, but for the initiated it's the stuff of headlines. An inveterate tenor at the apex of the scene for more than three decades, Eric put the alto away in his teen years and never looked back. "But with the dearth of opportunities to play during the pandemic, I started to work on it," he confesses.
After successfully pitching the idea of using his second saxophone-with-strings project as a debut on alto, the present recording is quite simply astounding. Working with his regular rhythm section and adding ace string arrangements, this altoist delivers one revelatory performance after another.
Eric Alexander: alto saxophone
David Hazeltine: piano
John Webber: bass
Joe Farnsworth: drums
String arrangements and conducting by Bill Dobbins (tracks 2 - 8 only)
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