About Time

About Time Artist: Eric Kloss
Label: Prestige
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 025218526821
EAN: 0025218526821
ASIN: B00006418P


Release Date: 2002-04-23

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Tracks:

  1. Close Your Eyes
  2. Old Folks
  3. S'bout Time
  4. That's The Way It Is
  5. All Blues
  6. Embraceable You
  7. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
  8. Just For Fun-K
  9. No Blues
  10. Love For Sale
  11. I'm Glad There Is You
  12. The Shadow Of Your Smile
  13. Gemini

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  1. Sky Shadows/In the Land of the Giants
  2. Eric Kloss & the Rhythm Section
  3. Legends of Acid Jazz: Sonny Stitt/Don Patterson, Vol. 2

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An Underrated Talent Deserving Much Wider Recognition.......2004-01-10


This CD compilation combines Eric Kloss' first two albums on the Prestige Label: INTRODUCING ERIC KLOSS from 1965 and LOVE AND ALL THAT JAZZ from 1966. You'll quickly discover that few saxophonists as young as Kloss possessed as much harmonic, rhythmic, and lyrical qualities. Kloss, who was blind since birth, was 16 and 17 years of age when these two sessions were recorded.

In addition to his astute Hard Bop and Post Bop approach to standards, Kloss also showed signs of becoming a notable composer as well. His performances on his self-penned THAT'S THE WAY IT IS and JUST FOR FUN-K demonstrate his impeccable abilities as both a perfomer and composer clearly anchored in the Blues.

Among other highlights featured here is a sizzling performance of organist-composer Don Patterson's 'S 'BOUT TIME. He delivers sensitive and lush readings of OLD FOLKS and I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU. His decidedly swinging, hard bop reading of Cole Porter's LOVE FOR SALE is played at a lightening-quick tempo. THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE is delivered with a marked Bossa Nova beat.

This CD is the perfect choice for Jazz fans who appreciate Standards, Bebop, and Hard Bop. It is also a welcome reissue of the first recordings of an incredibly diverse artist who seemingly disappeared from the Jazz world after the early 1980s. One listen to Kloss--featured here on both alto and tenor sax--and you will quickly discover that he deserved much wider recognition.

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  2. 1951-1953 ~ Ruth Brown
  3. Blues and Other News ~ Greg Skaff
  4. Yasmina a Black Woman (Spec) ~ Archie Shepp
  5. Stephane Grappelli Meets Barney Kessel ~ Stephane Grappelli
  6. Brio ~ Randy Porter
  7. The Best of the Big Dance Bands ~ Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Harry James
  8. We the Boys Will Rock Ya! ~ Big 6
  9. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise ~ Junior Mance
  10. Yesterdays: Stan Getz Plays the Standards ~ Stan Getz

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