NEW BEGINNING - ALTO SAXOPHONE WITH STRINGS

$16.49
Label
HIGHNOTE
Release Date
April 21, 2023
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      ALEXANDER, ERIC
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 21, 2023
    • UPC
      632375734220
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HNR7342.2
    • LABEL
      HIGHNOTE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Blues for Diane

      Composer: Eric Alexander

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet

    2. Girl Crazy, Act I: Embraceable You

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet, String Ensemble

    3. All My Tomorrows

      Composer: Jimmy van Heusen

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet, String Ensemble

    4. Maybe September

      Composer: Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet, String Ensemble

    5. To Love and Be Loved

      Composer: Jimmy van Heusen

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet, String Ensemble

    6. Anita

      Composer: Eric Alexander

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet, String Ensemble

    7. Simple Simon: He Was Too Good to Me

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet, String Ensemble

    8. Too Late Now

      Composer: Burton Lane

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet, String Ensemble

    9. Blues for Diane

      Composer: Eric Alexander

      Ensemble: Eric Alexander Quartet


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.