★★★★★
In the chaotic world of jazz, seldom is there an opportunity to experience a legend of any kind, most of them have made their jazz passage into the realms of history. But in the whole scheme of conversation, there continues to be opportunities to observe the abilities of jazz icons; however, only a few notable individuals have had the staying power to have achieved even that designation...
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2010-08-23
★★★★★
Gerald Albright doesn't try to do too much?just kidding. With his aptly named new CD, Albright simply burns on his soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, while also playing flute, bass, keys, drum programming, synth and the EWI. Like all of his solo work, Pushing the Envelope is a deeply satisfying, diverse collection of jazz, funk, blues and R&B.; Albright can play, of course, but more important are his instincts for groove and musicianship, both of which go a long way in contemporary jazz...
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2010-07-17
★★★★★
Track Listing: What Would James Do?; Get on the Floor; Bobo's Groove; Capetown Strut; Close to You; I Found the Klugh; Embrace the Spirit; The Road to Peace; Highway 70; From the Soul...
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2010-06-24
★★★★★
Saxophonist Gerald Albright is blessed with a soulful, expressive sound, and on Kickin' It Up he displays it via a collection of R&B-inflected; tunes that will surely delight his fans and smooth-jazz radio. Albright's muscular, multitracked saxes ride a funky groove on "To the Max," a tune that manages to be funky and smooth simultaneously, while "Walker's Theme," which is dedicated to soul great Junior Walker, is a rousing slice of swinging soul-jazz...
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2010-02-19
★★★★★
Saxophonist Gerald Albright has been around way too long and covered too many styles to be lumped in with your average contemporary-jazz players. Soul-jazz innovators Eddie Harris, Cannonball Adderley, Maceo Parker, Stanley Turrentine and Grover Washington are Albright's role models, and he's usually a killer player even when working in formula-based music. Albright's latest CD, Groovology, has a little bit of everything, including talented players such as guitarist Paul Jackson Jr...
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2010-02-19
★★★★★
It has been five years since Gerald Albright released a solo project. Since that time, he has signed a new contract with the GRP label and his first release Groovology has brought back Albright with avengence. Performing not only on sax, but also on flute, keyboards, bass guitar and drums, Albright establishes. himself as a multi-threat. He also writes six of the ten tracks on Groovology as well as arranges three tracks and even does background vocals...
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2009-06-08
★★★★★
Gerald Albright is the mystical master of music, on top of his game, entertaining listeners with the highest quality music for more than 30 years. Known as a musician's musician, Albright's skill on all the saxes, as well as his mastery of bass guitar and flute, keeps Albright a first-call artist, an icon in the world of great music...
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2009-06-08
★★★★★
You know, if you had to pick a jazz artist to do justice to the hits of Stax Records' past, you probably could come up with a few. But none with more earthiness, vigor, and a deep-down soul connection and appreciation than the always-popular, talented and renowned sax man (who can also play a mean bass, by the way) Gerald Albright...
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2009-06-08
★★★★★
Versatile sax man Gerald Albright has been in high demand of late. His name shows up with remarkable frequency in CD booklets in a wide variety of contexts, from contemporary to Latin to straight-ahead, and everywhere in between. Albright brings a high degree of proficiency and sincerity to everything he plays...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05