Masterclass with Eric Alexander.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Alexander, Eric

Bernstein, Peter.

Le Donne, Mike.

Farnsworth, Joe.

Roberto's Winds.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saxophone music (Jazz).

Saxophone with instrumental ensemble.

Jazz--2011-2020.

Jazz.

Genre:

Saxophone music (Jazz)

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 2012

polychrome

Other Title:

Master class with Eric Alexander.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Roberto's Winds, 2012.

Language Note:

Subtitles in Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese and Chinese.

System Details:

digital

optical

stereo

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Hear firsthand from one of today's leading saxophonists about his unique approach to his instrument and his music. Features a performance with Mike Le Donne Quartet including Peter Bernstein on guitar, Mike Le Donne on B-3 and Joe Farnsworth on drums.

Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has been exploring new musical worlds from the outset. He started out on piano as a six-year-old, took up clarinet at nine, switched to alto sax when he was 12, and converted to tenor when jazz became his obsession during his one year at the University of Indiana, Bloomington (1986-87). At William Paterson College in New Jersey he advanced his studies under the tutelage of Harold Mabern, Joe Lovano, Rufus Reid, and others. "The people I listened to in college are still the cats that are influencing me today," says Alexander. "Monk, Dizzy, Sonny Stitt, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson -- the legacy left by Bird and all the bebop pioneers, that language and that feel, that's the bread and butter of everything I do."

Participant:

Eric Alexander, tenor saxophone.

OCLC:

843888638

Publisher Number:

884501868556