''Battle of the Saxes'' (subtitled ''Volume 1'') is a live album by saxophonists
Eric Kloss
Eric Kloss (born April 3, 1949) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Music career
Kloss was born blind in Greenville, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and attended the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind, which was run by his father. When he was 1 ...
and
Richie Cole recorded in 1976 and released on the
Muse
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...
label.
Muse Records discography
accessed May 26, 2015
Reception
AllMusic
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awarded the album 4 stars.[AllMusic listing](_blank)
accessed May 26, 2015
Track listing
''All compositions by Richie Cole, except as indicated.''
# "Ebony Godfather" (Eric Kloss) – 9:52
# "Robin" – 11:22
# "D.C. Farewell" – 7:45
# "Harold's House of Jazz" – 13:00
Personnel
* Richie Cole, Eric Kloss
Eric Kloss (born April 3, 1949) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Music career
Kloss was born blind in Greenville, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and attended the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind, which was run by his father. When he was 1 ...
– alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...
*Mickey Tucker
Mickey Tucker (born Michael B. Tucker; April 28, 1941) is an American jazz pianist and organist.
Biography
Tucker was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1941. He grew up in Rankin, Pennsylvania before moving back to North Carolina aged 12. When h ...
– electric piano
An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...
*Rick Laird
Richard Quentin Laird (February 5, 1941 – July 4, 2021) was an Irish musician, photographer, teacher, and author best known as the bassist and a founding member of the jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, with which he performed from 1971 to ...
– bass, electric bass
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck
The ...
*Eddie Gladden
Eddie Gladden (December 6, 1937 – September 30, 2003) was an American jazz drummer.
Career
Gladden played professionally from 1962 in his hometown of Newark. In 1972 he began working with James Moody. During the rest of his career he worked ...
– drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
References
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1977 live albums
Eric Kloss live albums
Richie Cole (musician) live albums
Muse Records live albums
Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna