Chim Chim Cheree (album)

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Chim Chim Cheree
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Studio album by Eric Alexander
Released 2010
Recorded October 3, 2009
Studio Avatar Studio, New York
Genre Jazz
Label Venus
Producer Tetsuo Hara, Todd Barkan

Chim Chim Cheree is an album by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. It was recorded in 2009 and released by Venus Records in the following year.

Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist) saxophonist

Eric Alexander is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his sophisticated hard bop and post-bop style.

Venus Records is a Japanese jazz record label. It was founded in 1992 by Tetsuo Hara, who had worked as a producer for RCA Victor. It mostly works with a select group of artists from Italy, the United States, and Japan, and uses a signature 24-bit mastering process, named "Hyper Magnum Sound," that produces "very powerful sound with strong presence". It is also known for its album covers, which use well-known photographers and frequently feature nudity.

Contents

Recording and music

The album was recorded at the Avatar Studio in New York on October 3, 2009. [1] It was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan. [1] The four musicians are tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. [2] The material is compositions by saxophonist John Coltrane and other pieces associated with him. [2]

Todd Barkan American record producer

Todd Barkan is an American jazz impresario and producer.

Harold Mabern American pianist

Harold Mabern, Jr. is an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields. He is described in The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings as "one of the great post-bop pianists".

John Robert Webber is an American jazz double-bassist.

Release and reception

Chim Chim Cheree was released by Venus Records in 2010. [2] The IAJRC Journal reviewer concluded that Alexander's "tackling of the Coltrane oeuvre should have been of considerable interest. Except for a few instances, the results are a bit flat." [3]

<i>IAJRC Journal</i>

The IAJRC Journal is an American quarterly magazine published by the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. The journal was established in 1968, 4 years after the association was founded in Pittsburgh. The first issue was published during the first quarter of 1968. It covers the history of jazz — which includes the history of jazz criticism and jazz discography.

Track listing

  1. "You Don't Know What Love Is"
  2. "Dear Lord"
  3. "On a Misty Night"
  4. "Chim Chim Cheree"
  5. "Pursuance"
  6. "Afro Blue"
  7. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
  8. "Wise One"

Personnel

Joe Farnsworth American musician

Joseph Allen Farnsworth is an American jazz drummer.

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References

  1. 1 2 Alexander, Eric Chim Chim Cheree (CD liner notes). Venus Records. VHJD 32.
  2. 1 2 3 Coughlin, Sean (February 14, 2010) "Eric Alexander: Eric Alexander Quartet: Chim Chim Cheree". All About Jazz.
  3. ↑ Schweitzer, Bill (September 2010) "Chim Chim Cheree". IAJRC Journal. 43(3). p. 78.
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