HIGHNOTE

Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander made his first CD as a bandleader at the age of 25. That was 17 years ago and, oddly enough, you can still sometimes see Alexander described as an "up-and-coming"...

Alexander,Eric Second Impression CD1. Second Impression 2. So Many Stars 3. Blues for Mo 4. Jennie's Dance 5. Secret Love 6. T-Bone Steak 7. Frenzy 8. Everything Happens to Me 9. Full House

Hearing tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander is one of the great treats in jazz. There are few artists on stage today who combine chops, imagination and technique with a fluidity of ideas as he does...

Tenor Saxman Eric Alexander has more than lived up to his Young Lion hype. Last year he released his amazing 18th recording as leader for HighNote, IT'S ALL IN THE GAME. It only reinforces what has...

Eric Alexander makes his first foray on HighNote Records into the hallowed halls of the 'ballad record', and joins the ranks of such tenor balladeers as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Houston Person,...

There are a mere handful of guitarists that have changed the way we think about the guitar over the past five or six decades. Pat Martino is perhaps one of the greatest and best-known of those icons...

Here is the great Ernestine Anderson in the full bloom of youth as you may have never heard her before live in front of an appreciative audience. This is the 34-year old Anderson singing with...

Anderson,Ernestine Love Makes The Changes CD1. Wonder Why 2. Nightlife Ain't No Good Life 3. It's Easy to Remember 4. On the Sunny Side of the Street 5. So Long 6. This Time the Dream's on Me 7...

Honest-to-goodness, real-life jazz singing is almost as rare these days as a nickel cup of coffee. There are far too few remaining practitioners of the honorable art of singing good songs with the...

Ernestine Anderson's recent concert appearances have been a revelation for those who consider themselves fans of the veteran jazz singer. The latest incarnation of a singer we've been listening to...

Very few singers epitomize the basic bare-feet-in-the-mud, utterly human quality in the great tradition of Mamie & Bessie Smith, Jimmy Rushing, and Billie Holiday... but Ernie Andrews does. He is...

Andrews,Ernie How About Me CD1. She's Got the Blues for Sale 2. It's Monday Everyday 3. Boulevard of Memories 4. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream 5. The Wildest Gal in Town 6. This Is Always 7. I've...