One for All (band)

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One for All
OriginNew York City
Genres Jazz
Years active1997–present
LabelsSharp Nine, Criss Cross, Smoke Sessions
Members

One for All is a jazz sextet formed in 1997. The band comprises Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), Jim Rotondi (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), David Hazeltine (piano), John Webber (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums). The band has been compared to 1960s-era Blue Note jazz and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. [1] [2]

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History

The group was formed in 1997 for an engagement at Smalls Jazz Club and recorded its first album, Too Soon To Tell, for Sharp Nine later that year. Alexander, Rotondi, and Farnsworth had all been acquainted in New York City as far back as 1988, and Farnsworth introduced Davis to the other musicians. Hazeltine and Peter Washington began performing with the former four players in 1996 at the jazz club Augie's, which would later be re-opened as Smoke. [3] Washington was replaced by John Webber, and the band has since signed to the Criss Cross label. The name One for All was taken from the final album by the Jazz Messengers. [4]

Critical reception

Critic David Adler of JazzTimes has called One for All "New York's premier hard-bop supergroup," [5] while Matt Collar at AllMusic called the band "one of the foremost mainstream jazz ensembles to come out of the '90s." [2]

Discography

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References

  1. Chinen, Nate (1 January 2003). "One For All: Live at Smoke, Volume 1". JazzTimes. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Collar, Matt. "One for All". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. Berger, Ed (1 July 2005). "David Hazeltine: Champagne Tastes". JazzTimes. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. "Eric Alexander". NPR.org. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. Adler, David R. (October 2006), "One For All: The Lineup", JazzTimes