| Second Impression | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 2016 |
| Recorded | March 14, 2016 |
| Studio | Trading 8s Recording Studio, Paramus, New Jersey |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | HighNote |
| Producer | Eric Alexander |
Second Impression is an album by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. It was recorded in 2016 and released by HighNote Records in the same year.
Eric Alexander is an American jazz saxophonist.
HighNote Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Joe Fields with his son, Barney Fields, in 1997.
The album was recorded at the Trading 8s Recording Studio, Paramus, New Jersey, on March 14, 2016. [1] The quartet are tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. [2] This was probably Cranshaw's final recording session. [3] Alexander also produced the album. [1]
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".
Melbourne Robert "Bob" Cranshaw was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long association with Sonny Rollins. Cranshaw performed in Rollins's working band on and off for over five decades, starting with a live appearance at the 1959 Playboy jazz festival in Chicago and on record with the 1962 album The Bridge.
Joseph Allen Farnsworth is an American jazz drummer.
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Second Impression was released by HighNote Records in 2016. [4] The JazzTimes reviewer praised Cranshaw's timing and sense of melody, and commented of Alexander that "the always-reliable leader is particularly inspired". [2]
JazzTimes is an American magazine devoted to jazz. Published 10 times a year, it was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1970 by Ira Davidson Sabin (1928–2018) as a newsletter called Radio Free Jazz. Sabine founded Radio Free Jazz to complement his Washington, D.C. record store that he founded in 1962. As a newsletter, it informed consumers of the latest jazz releases and provided jazz broadcasters with news and backstories related to playlists.
All compositions by Eric Alexander except as indicated
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