Showing posts with label Bernd Reiter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernd Reiter. Show all posts

Thursday, September 6, 2018

New York All-Stars (feat. Eric Alexander & Harold Mabern) - Burnin' in London (UBUNTU MUSIC September 7, 2018)


"Mabern really is a remarkable talent. At 81, he’s still playing with the passion of a man at least half his age and his ace pupil Eric Alexander continues to grow." Jazzwise

The New York All-Stars feature Eric Alexander on saxophone, Harold Mabern on piano, bassist Darryl Hall and drummer Bernd Reiter.  They play energetic and swinging music on the highest level, presented with the utmost professionalism and uninhibited enthusiasm.


Recorded at the legendary Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, London on 20 & 21 November 2017, Burnin’ in London, features six classic tunes including Harold Mabern’s own ‘Nightlife in Tokyo’ and a beautiful interpretation of Gershwin’s classic ‘Summertime’.

“The music on this album speaks for itself.  The interplay between Eric and Harold is magical, supported by the rock solid bass lines from Darryl and the exacting rhythmic underpinning of Bernd’s precision-like drumming,” says Martin Hummel, Ubuntu Music Director.  “…the album captures a moment in time when Eric was anchored in his musical sweet spot while the band – and the audience – hung on and coasted with every note along the blissful, energetic journey.”


Sunday, December 4, 2016

Bernd Reiter Quintet (feat. Eric Alexander) - Workout (SteepleChase Productions ApS 2016)



Award winning Austrian drummer Bernd Reiter has already, in spite of his young age, played with jazz’s luminaries like Charles Davis, Kirk Lightsey, Mundell Lowe, Steve Grossman, to mention a few.

Reiter formed the quintet presented here in 2015 to perform a tribute program of Hank Mobley’s music featuring American tenorsax Eric Alexander whom he started to work with in 2012.

The band’s extensive European tour produced this live album from the last two concerts from the Bird’s Eye in Basil, Switzerland.

One of the reviews of the live performances simply put it “Jazz at its best!”.


ERIC ALEXANDER tenor saxophone
HELMUT KAGERER guitar
OLIVIER HUTMAN piano
VIKTOR NYBERG bass
BERND REITER drums

Recorded Live at Bird’s Eye, Basel February 27, 2015.

1 WORKOUT (Hank Mobley) 9:01
2 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (John Lennon & Paul McCartney) 10:35
3 GETTIN’ AND JETTIN’ (Hank Mobley) 11:53
4 ALL THE WAY (Jimmy Van Heusen) 8:36
5 UH HUH (Hank Mobley) 12:00
6 SUPER JET (Tadd Dameron) 9:40

Total Playing Time 61:50