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Blue Note Tribute Show Saxophonist, Eric Alexander With Trumpeter, John Swana, Trombonist, Joe Mcdounough And The Dan Monaghan Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe
Courtesy of Mark DeNinno | Posted on January 7, 2019
When
Sat, February 23, 2019
8:00 pm
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About
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.
During the 1990s, after placing second behind Joshua Redman in the 1991 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition, Alexander threw himself into the whirlwind life of a professional jazz musician.
Eric has appeared in many capacities on record, including leader, sideman, producer as well as composing a number of the tunes he records...