Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring; The Battle; Live at Smoke, High Note Records

As the title suggests, this is an all out, two horn blowing session featuring two young sax players.  Eric Alexander, on the tenor is the more conservative of the two but lets it all out anyway.  Herring, on the alto, has always spent more time on the edge but never feels out of sync with Alexander or the rhythm section at all.  In fact the whole unit sounds very pulled together and the results are lots of energy, lots of notes, and lots of smiles.  This isn’t particularly deep or challenging music but is lots of fun.

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