Search - Alex Graham :: Brand New

The Detroit-based alto saxophonist's latest recording features an all-star combination of the group One For All (Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis and David Hazeltine) and the dynamic rhythm duo of Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker. With originals, standards and contemporary popular music evocatively arranged for sextet and quartet, Graham uses vehicles like All the Things You Are to explore twelve-tone writing in a more straight-ahead setting, and the up-tempo original Rocket Science, where the band navigates complex harmonic progressions. The original Pig-Pig features a catchy melody over a swinging New Orleans street-beat, and the program is rounded out by David Hazeltine's sextet arrangements of the Isley Brother's classic For the Love of You and The Stylistic's hit You Make Me Feel Brand New.