Introducing Eric Kloss With Don Patterson

 

Close Your Eyes

Introducing Eric Kloss

With Dan Patterson

Produced by Cal Lampley

Recording: Rudy Van Gelder

Prestige Records, Inc.

Prestige 7442

1965

Eric Kloss: Tenor and Alto Saxophones

Don Patterson: Organ

Pat Martino: Guitar

Billy James: Drums

From the back cover: That's The Way It Is, a tune written by one Eric Kloss, is the lead tune on the second side of this records. And the way it is with young (sixteen) Eric Kloss is mighty right, as attested by the performance he gives on this album, his first recorded effort, and you will hear him play both alto and tenor saxophones the way they should be played. For the simple fact of the matter is Eric Kloss, who is only in his third high school year at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children (his father is superintendent of the school), has reached a maturity in his music that few people twice his chronological age ever attain and that is the way it is with Eric Kloss.

Showcasing as artist is a very difficult task. It is far too easy to classify ones talents. If a featured player has as a complement a swinging organist (Don Patterson), a "down home" amplified guitarist (Pat Martino), and a swacking, grooving, drummer (Billy James), some would say – "Well, he's in the 'soul' bag" or try to compare him with an established artist, like – "Oh yeah, but he's in Sonny Stitt's groove" but Eric Kloss is right out of Eric Kloss and warrants no similarity. Here is the rare musician who is beyond categorizing – an individual voice! – Jack Yard (Nov. 1965)

Close Your Eyes

Old Folks

'S 'Bout Time

That's The Way It Is

All Blues

Embraceable You