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Live at the Keynote

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If you like straight ahead jazz then this album is a treat. You cannot beat a well recorded live album to really showcase an artist. Eric and his considerable talents are in full force here, recored in Japan. It is all here , pyrotechnics (The Bee Hive) , sweet arrangements of standards (Maybe September and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square) and even some honky tonk (Stan's Shuffle).The quartet consist of his mentor Harold Mabern on piano, Joe Farnsworth on drums and and Nat Reeves on bass. You will never hear a better saxophone led quartet anywhere. Alexander in my opinion is probably the most outstanding tenor player currently active. That is a profound statement but I have most of his output and he is consistently outstanding, bordering on flawless. Get a glass of wine, put on this CD , down the lights and enjoy.

Everthings either way too fast, way too slow, out of tempo or piano first solo. And he doesn't even play on the last track. Eric seems to be announcing to the world that he has no intention of seeking the status of Stan Getz or Dexter Gordon. What a waste. Forget him. But you might want to check out - BATTLE - LIVE AT SMOKE with Vincent Herring before you do.

THE COLTRANE LEGACY LIVES IN ERIC! EVERY "CUT" IS JUST OUT THERE. YOU HAVE TO "BUCKLE-UP"THIS ESEMBLE BACKS UP ERIC TO A TEE! PAT YOUR FEET, CLAP YOUR HAND,HUM, DANCE, LISTEN TO SOME GREAT TUNES & MUSICIAN SHIP, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BUY TWO COPIES OF THIS CD, YOU MIGHT WEAR ONE COPY OUT !