Artist: Eric Darius
Title Of Album: Night on the Town
Year Of Release: June 29, 2004
Label: Higher Octave
Genre: Smooth Jazz, Saxophone
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 43:12 Min
Total Size: 67,1 Mb
WebSite: www.ericdarius.com

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Born into a musical family (his father plays bass, his mother and sister sing, and his older brother plays the drums and trumpet), Darius studied at Blake High School of the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida, where he was a member of the Blake Jazz Ensemble and many other bands the school offered. In 1999, Darius and the Blake Jazz Ensemble were selected to perform at the Essentially Ellington Festival in New York City, where they placed fourth out of the top twenty jazz bands in the United States. While in New York, he had the opportunity to play with Wynton Marsalis and Paquito D\\\'Rivera in a jam session. A year later, Darius performed in Japan with the Blake Jazz Combo as part of Florida\\\'s Cultural Exchange Program. Throughout the past several years, Darius has played at several renowned venues, such as the JazzTrax Catalina Island Jazz Festival, the Capital Jazz Festival, the Apollo Theater in New York City, the Clearwater Jazz Festival, and - as a member of the University of South Florida Jazztet - the Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy), and the Vienne Jazz Festival (France). In addition, he has shared the stage with notable smooth jazz artists such as Rick Braun, Mindi Abair, Boney James, George Benson, Dionne Warwick, Peter White, Richard Elliott, Ken Navarro, Wayman Tisdale, Brenda Russell, Jonathan Butler, Warren Hill, Norman Brown, Chris Botti, Kim Waters, and many others.


Personnel include: Eric Darius (vocals, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Robert "Wah Wah" LeGrand (guitar); Jay Rowe (keyboards); Gary Grainger (bass instrument); Andre "Blues" Webb (drums); Kevin Prince (percussion); Todd Cory (background vocals).

Track
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1. Joy Ride
2. Heads Up
3. Night On The Town
4. Let It Flow
5. Love T.K.O
6. In The Pocket
7. Let's Stay Together
8. Cruisin'
9. You're So Fine (Instrumental)
10. You're So Fine (Vocal Version)