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Alex Blaine

Alex Blaine is a New Orleans based tenor saxophonist, though he also plays piano, keys, and organ. Born and raised in New Jersey, a stone’s throw from New York City, he began saxophone at age 7 and was marching in parades with high school bands by age 10. Being the son of a professional saxophonist and music teacher, Alex was raised with music as a major part of his life. Blaine recently contributed to an album credited with a 2015 Grammy nomination in the Best Blues Album category (Bobby Rush’s “Decisions”) along with many other fantastic players.  He has worked with prominent individuals such as Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes (known for work with Paul Simon), Jason Ricci, Bobby Rush, Billy Branch, Deacon John, John Lisi, Serabee, The Treme Brass Band, Russel Batieste Jr., as well as other New Orleans staples such as Glen David Andrews and James Andrews (brothers of the famous Trombone Shorty), Irvin Mayfield, and more.


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Billie Davies: Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon

Read "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Free drummer Billie Davies calls Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon a symphony, which implies composition, larger planned structures, etc. Nothing like that is here, as the music was improvised and recorded in one session. However, this music is not just a free session of highly intuitive and sensitive players; it has a reason for being, and that reason is the intersection of the life paths of two artists working in different media -Davies, a musician and ...

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Billie Davies: Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon

Read "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" reviewed by Roger Farbey


Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon is a heartfelt homage to the artist Serge Vandercam (1924-2005) whose paintings, depicted on the inside CD cover, originally inspired this suite of collaborative improvisations. Initially the inspiration drew from a period of three days of the full moon in 1995 when the artist was influenced by the drummer's playing. For this recording in 2015, following a 20 year gestation period, the painting corresponding to each title was hanging on a ...

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v. The Shark In The Hand

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