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GLT Jazz Next: What A Saxophonist Learned From Keyboard Mentors

Jimmy Katz

Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander was a sideman for jazz greats including B3 master Charles Earland and pianist Harold Mabern.  On this edition of GLT Jazz Next, Jon Norton talks with Alexander about Mabern, who he calls a mentor, the importance of learning on the bandstand, and about his early connection to central Illinois.

Jon Norton is the program director at WGLT and WCBU. He also is host of All Things Considered every weekday.