Eric Alexander Quartet - Gentle Ballads II / 2LP Venus Records

American musician Eric Wells Alexander began playing piano, clarinet, and (at age twelve) alto saxophone, but switched to tenor saxophone while studying at Indiana University and, after classical training, to jazz. He continued his studies

at William Paterson College in New Jersey with Joe Lovano, Rufus Reid and pianist Harold Mabern. In 1991, he came second in the Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition behind superstar Joshua Redman and made his first recordings

with Charles Earland on Muse Records in the same year. Today, he is considered one of the best tenor saxophonists of his generation and has long been represented by Venus Records with numerous albums. The 2004 album “Gentle Ballads”,

which Allmusic compared to Coltrane's Ballads LP from the early 1960s, was so successful that it spawned a whole series with changing line-ups.

“Gentle Ballads II” was recorded on March 22, 2006, at The Studio, New York – with exactly the same line-up that made the first album so famous: Mike LeDonne on piano, John Webber on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums. Alexander's powerful

and extremely expressive tone has also remained, as has the varied program that envelops the listener in wonderful evening sounds.

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Title

LP 1

Side A
1.    Funny
2.    Who Can I Turn To

Side B
1.    I'm A Fool To Want You
2.    Mona Lisa

LP 2

Side C
1.    I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
2.    Look Of Love

Side D
1.    Li'l Darlin'
2.    Time After Time
3.    My Ship