Don't Follow the Crowd

2011 studio album by Eric Alexander From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't Follow the Crowd is an album by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. It was recorded in 2010 and released by HighNote Records the following year.

Released2011
RecordedNovember 4, 2010
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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Don't Follow the Crowd
Studio album by
Released2011
RecordedNovember 4, 2010
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
LabelHighNote
ProducerDon Sickler
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Recording and music

The album was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on November 4, 2010.[1] The producer was Don Sickler.[1] The quartet are tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Nat Reeves, and drummer Joe Farnsworth.[2] "Cavatina" is from the film The Deer Hunter.[2] The Alexander composition "Nomor Senterbress" is a scalar modal piece.[3]

Release and reception

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Don't Follow the Crowd was released by HighNote Records in 2011.[4] The JazzTimes reviewer concluded that Alexander "appears to have entered a more discerning phase – with no lapse in jazz integrity."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Nomor Senterbress"
  2. "She's Out of My Life"
  3. "Footsteps"
  4. "Charade"
  5. "Don't Misunderstand"
  6. "Remix Blues"
  7. "Don't Follow the Crowd"
  8. "Cavatina"

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