…one of the most joyous feels around. –Pat Metheny

Dave’s new CD BAKER’S CIRCLE has been in the Top 10 for 10 weeks (#2 for 3 Weeks) on the JazzWeek Radio Chart. You can order right here on the site. Dave’s previous CD “Blue Soul”  with Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big Band hit #1 for 3 weeks on the JazzWeek Radio chart, and stayed on the charts for 25 weeks. If you’d like a digital download of Blue Soul or any of Dave’s CD’s please visit his Bandcamp page.  Dave’s last CD “Eight Track III” hit #1 for 6 weeks and #3 most played for the year on the JazzWeek Radio chart. It received great reviews including 4 Stars in Downbeat and several best of the year including New York Times and Rolling Stone.  “Messin’ with Mister T” is a celebration of the man he worked with for over a decade — Stanley Turrentine, “Mister T” — with ten of the greatest tenor sax players on the scene today. It went to #1 on JazzWeek Radio and stayed in the Top 50 for 20 weeks and received great reviews including 4 1/2 stars in Downbeat magazine. *JUST IN: Dave Stryker’s Jazz Guitar Improvisation Method Vol. 3 book is now available here.

…one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years. –Village Voice

During the 1990s, after placing second behind Joshua Redman in the 1991 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition, Alexander threw himself into the whirlwind life of a professional jazz musician. He played with organ trios on the South Side of Chicago, made his recording debut in 1991 with Charles Earland on Muse Records, and cut his first album as leader in 1992 (Straight Up for Delmark). More recordings followed for numerous labels, including Milestone and others, leading to 1997’s Man with a Horn; the 1998 collaborative quartet session with George Mraz, John Hicks, and Idris Muhammad, Solid!; and, that same year, the first recording by One For All, Alexander’s ongoing band with Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, Joe Farnsworth, Peter Washington, and Dave Hazeltine.

Eric has appeared in many capacities on record, including leader, sideman, producer as well as composing a number of the tunes he records. By now, Alexander has lost count of how many albums feature his playing; he guesses 80 or 90. While he has garnered critical acclaim from every corner, what has mattered most has been to establish his own voice within the illustrious bop-based jazz tradition.

In 2004, Eric signed an exclusive contract with the New York-based independent jazz label, HighNote Records where he has amassed a considerable discography of critically-acclaimed recordings. Most recent among them is “Chicago Fire” HCD 7262 (also on LP), “The Real Thing” with Pat Martino HCD 7278, “Second Impression” HCD 7296 and “Song of No Regrets,” HCD 7311.

Eric’s immensely popular lHighNote session with strings brings him into the elite pantheon of greats to have made a jazz-with-strings recording. On, “Eric Alexander with Strings,” (HCD 7330) the saxophonist’s burnished tone and bold improvisations are beautifully enhanced by the lustrous sound of a complement of strings, all arranged and conducted by Dave Rivello.

Eric looks forward to another HighNote release in late 2021 – early 2022 to add to his already considerable discography documenting his development as an artist.

Eric continues to tour the world over to capacity audiences. Using NYC as his home base he can regularly be seen in the city’s most prestigious jazz clubs.