New Beginnings
Released: Mar 28, 2006
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Released: Mar 28, 2006
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Make no mistake: Gerald Albright has chops -- serious chops -- not to mention strong improvisational skills (on both tenor and alto sax) and a healthy amount of gritty, down-home soulfulness. But...
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Kickin' It Up
Released: Jun 8, 2004
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Released: Jun 8, 2004
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It's hard to deny that saxophonist Gerald Albright often gave up playing "jazz" -- at least the snob definition -- in favor of urban radio and smooth jazz radio acceptance. During his years on the...
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Groovology
Released: Jun 18, 2002
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Released: Jun 18, 2002
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Gerald Albright offers his listeners ten fresh musical concepts on his GRP label debut entitled Groovology, and they are musical concepts that have not been done to death. At the top of his game,...
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The Very Best of Gerald Albright
Released: Jun 19, 2001
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Released: Jun 19, 2001
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The liner notes for this can't-miss compilation, of a saxman who was putting the "smooth" into jazz long before radio called it that, promise some serious smackin'. These 11 tunes remind the...
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Smooth
Released: Feb 22, 1994
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Released: Feb 22, 1994
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The title to Smooth is appropriate -- the album is a collection of slick fusion, drawing more from urban R&B than jazz. However, smooth can be good, as Gerald Albright proves throughout the album....
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Dream Come True
Released: Nov 6, 1990
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Released: Nov 6, 1990
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A talented saxman whose influences range from John Coltrane to soul jazz/hard bop players like David "Fathead" Newman and Hank Crawford, Gerald Albright showed just how much potential he has on...
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