The saxophonist Eric Alexander has found an almost infallible formula that has led him to be one of the most outstanding saxophonists of his generation when it comes to the more classical jazz tradition. The recipe is summarized in the '4 Bs': blues, ballads, bosses and boppers.
With that alchemy well mixed in the choice of songs to play, Eric Alexander has achieved, once again, that his new album 'The real thing' has an attractive sound, where the best past of jazz is alive and present. And no, it doesn't sound old, quite the contrary; many of those jazzmen who call themselves modern would like it to sound like this musician and his band.
His band. One of the best things this saxophonist has achieved is to create a band, a stable formation that they have been playing together for many years. And that shows; the filling, the cleaning of the sound, the interpretative freedom, the swing that they distill. With him are his friend, teacher and mentor Harold Mabern, drummer Joe Farnsworth and double bassist John Webber, and on this album they have been joined by guitarist Pat Martino, another of the important names in Alexander's training and subsequent career.
The most bopper part of the album is in a formidable 'The Night Has A Thousand Eyes' and 'For George and Trane', where the saxophone gives free rein to its more coltrenian side; the look to the bossa is in the charming 'Little boat', a theme of Roberto Menescal; The blues is in the version of 'Summertime', with a great Pat Martino, and the ballads have their representation in 'Sleep Warm', and as Harold Marben was always a very muscular pianist for the end have left 'The Chief'.
Yes, if you like jazz well played, clean, nice, brilliant, then this is, by far, your record.
J.M.P.R.
http://www.distritojazz.com/discos-jazz/eric-alexander-the-real-thing
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El saxofonista Eric Alexander ha encontrado una fórmula casi infalible que le ha llevado a ser uno de los más destacados saxofonistas de su generación en los que se refiere al jazz de tradición más clásica. La receta se resume en las ‘4 Bs’: blues, baladas, bossas y boppers.
Con esa alquímica bien mezclada en la elección de los temas a tocar, Eric Alexander ha logrado, una vez más, que su nuevo disco ‘The real thing’ tenga un sonido atrayente, donde el mejor pasado del jazz esté vivo y presente. Y no, no suena a viejo, sino todo lo contrario; ya le gustaría a muchos de esos jazzman que se las dan de modernos sonar como suena este músico y su banda.
Su banda. Una de las mejores cosas que ha logrado este saxofonista ha sido crear una banda, una formación estable que llevan tocando juntos muchos años. Y eso se nota; el empaste, la limpieza del sonido, la libertad interpretativa, el swing que destilan. Con él están su amigo, profesor y mentor Harold Mabern, el baterista Joe Farnsworth y el contrabajista John Webber. Y en este disco se les ha unido en tres temas el guitarrista Pat Martino, otro de los nombres importantes en la formación y posterior trayectoria profesional de Alexander.
La parte más bopper del disco está en un formidable del ‘The Night Has A Thousand Eyes’ y en ‘For George and Trane’, donde el saxo da rienda suelta a su lado más coltreniano; la mirada a la bossa está en el encantador ‘Little boat’, un tema de Roberto Menescal; el blues se encuentra en la versión del ‘Summertime’, con un estupendo Pat Martino, y las baladas tienen su representación en ‘Sleep Warm’; y como Harold Marben siempre fue un pianista muy musculado para el final han dejado ‘The Chief’.
Sí, si te gusta el jazz bien tocado, limpio, agradable, brillante, entonces este es, de lejos, tu disco.
J.M.P.R.
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1 - The Real Thing - 6:23
2 - Pure Pat - 6:40
3 - Summertime - 6:43
4 - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 9:56
5 - Little Boat - 5:57
6 - For George And Trane - 5:50
7 - Sleep Warm - 6:15
8 - The Chief - 5:59
Credits:
Bass – John Webber
Composed By – A, Bergman, M. Bergman (tracks: 7), R. Caldwell (tracks: 1), B. Bernier (tracks: 4), D. Heyward (tracks: 3), E. Alexander* (tracks: 6), G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin* (tracks: 3), H. Mabern (tracks: 8), J. Brainin* (tracks: 4), J. George* (tracks: 1), J. Farnsworth* (tracks: 2), L. Spence (tracks: 7), R. Menescal (tracks: 5), R. Boscoli* (tracks: 5)
Drums – Joe Farnsworth
Engineer [Assistant] – Maureen Sickler
Engineer, Mixed By, Mastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
Executive-Producer – Joe Fields
Guitar, Guest [Special Guest] – Pat Martino (tracks: 2, 3, 8)
Photography By [Eric Alexander Photos] – Jimmy Katz
Photography By [Session Photos], Design [Graphic Design] – Christopher Drukker
Piano – Harold Mabern
Tenor Saxophone, Producer – Eric Alexander
Notes
Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on April 2, 2015
Label: HighNote Records, Inc. – HCD 7278
Released: 2015
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/Eric-Alexander-The-Real-Thing/release/8893441
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