"Anticipating Prestige's 50th anniversary in 1999, producer Todd Barkan combed the files to find out which were the label's most successful records and then, with Hicks, chose nine songs – not all of which are in the Prestige catalog, by the way – for this generation-spanning hard bop quartet to purvey."[1]
Recording and musicedit
The album was recorded at Clinton Recording Studios in New York City on April 25 and May 1, 1998.[2] The four main musicians are tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist John Hicks, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Idris Muhammad.[1] Trumpeter Jim Rotondi plays on "Little Melonae" and "Straight Street"; vibraphonist Joe Locke substitutes for Alexander on "Fire Waltz".[1] "Light Blue" is played by Hicks alone.[1]
Solid! was released by Milestone Records[3] in 1998.[citation needed]The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated that "Alexander's sound is again tremendous; some of his most precocious solos, vaulting into double-time, are enough to have one reaching for the repeat button".[3] The AllMusic reviewer concluded: "Nothing startling here, but fans of uncompromising modern hard bop will definitely enjoy this."[1]
solid, album, eric, alexander, with, john, hicks, george, mraz, idris, muhammad, studio, album, eric, alexanderrecordedapril, 1998studioclinton, recording, studios, york, citygenrejazzlength60, 35labelmilestoneproducertodd, barkan, contents, background, record. Solid is an album by Eric Alexander with John Hicks George Mraz and Idris Muhammad Solid Studio album by Eric AlexanderRecordedApril 25 May 1 1998StudioClinton Recording Studios New York CityGenreJazzLength60 35LabelMilestoneProducerTodd Barkan Contents 1 Background 2 Recording and music 3 Release and reception 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 ReferencesBackground edit Anticipating Prestige s 50th anniversary in 1999 producer Todd Barkan combed the files to find out which were the label s most successful records and then with Hicks chose nine songs not all of which are in the Prestige catalog by the way for this generation spanning hard bop quartet to purvey 1 Recording and music editThe album was recorded at Clinton Recording Studios in New York City on April 25 and May 1 1998 2 The four main musicians are tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander pianist John Hicks bassist George Mraz and drummer Idris Muhammad 1 Trumpeter Jim Rotondi plays on Little Melonae and Straight Street vibraphonist Joe Locke substitutes for Alexander on Fire Waltz 1 Light Blue is played by Hicks alone 1 Release and reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 The Penguin Guide to Jazz nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Solid was released by Milestone Records 3 in 1998 citation needed The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated that Alexander s sound is again tremendous some of his most precocious solos vaulting into double time are enough to have one reaching for the repeat button 3 The AllMusic reviewer concluded Nothing startling here but fans of uncompromising modern hard bop will definitely enjoy this 1 Track listing edit Solid Little Melonae Theme for Ernie Fire Waltz Four Star Crossed Lovers My Conception Light Blue Straight Street Personnel editEric Alexander tenor saxophone John Hicks piano George Mraz bass Idris Muhammad drums Jim Rotondi trumpet tracks 2 9 Joe Locke vibraphone track 4 References edit a b c d e f Ginell Richard S Eric Alexander Solid AllMusic Retrieved August 21 2017 Eric Alexander Solid CD liner notes Milestone Records a b c Cook Richard Morton Brian 2004 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 7th ed Penguin pp 20 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Solid amp oldid 1211717498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
