{"id":3546,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/eric-darius-night-on-the-town\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"eric-darius-night-on-the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3546","title":{"rendered":"Eric Darius – Night On The Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EricEric Darius<\/strong><\/font>
Night On The Town<\/strong><\/font>
(Higher Octave – 2004)
by S.H. Watkins, Sr.<\/font>
Eric Darius is a 21 year old student at the University of South Florida who plays his saxophone like a veteran. Reminiscent of Mike Phillips<\/i>, Darius has a sound that is fresh, funky and soulful. Seven of the nine songs here were written or co-written by Darius and the sound is vibrant and lush, smooth jazz from a younger point of view. <\/p>\n

Backed by Ken Navarro<\/b>‘s band – Gary Grainger<\/b> (bass), Jay Rowe<\/b> (keyboards), Kevin Prince<\/b> (percussion), <\/p>\n\n\n
Listen to Love TKO<\/b> using RealAudio<\/a><\/i>.<\/font>
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Andre “Blues” Webb<\/b> (drums), and Robert “WahWah” LeGrand<\/b> (guitars) Eric Darius puts it down solid and smooth from the rollicking opener Joy Ride<\/i> to the ballad closer You’re So Fine<\/i>. In The Pocket<\/i> is my favorite original, full of harmonies and inspired melody. Darius’ shows a lot of chops throughout this CD, and really kicks on the covers of Let’s Stay Together<\/i> and Luther Vandross’ Love TKO<\/i> which is so hot your CD player may melt.<\/p>\n

This young cat has a future as one of the young lions in the smooth jazz industry, a field overloaded with saxmen wanting a second in the limelight. With his writing talent and sax instincts Eric Darius should be able to keep swimming at the top of the pool for a while to come. <\/cfinclude><\/font><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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