Song:Bermuda Nights
Album:Bermuda Nights
Sax player Gerald Albright is one of the most durable Smooth Jazz artists. He started out as a session musician and he has recorded as a leader since the late 80s. He was born Aug. 30, 1957 in Los Angeles. His piano teacher gave him a sax and Albright learned to play while attending Locke High School. He continued to play while earning a business management degree at University of Redlands. Albright started playing sessions. He got his big break when he joined Patrice Rushen's band for several years. He seemed to play on a lot of Motown albums with Rick James, Teena Marie and DeBarge. He also toured with Teena Marie, Jeff Lorber and Phil Collins. Albright signed with Atlantic Records in 1987 and his albums there are what made him a Smooth Jazz staple. Bermuda Nights was released in 1989. On the song Bermuda Nights, Albright plays most of the instruments himself with Paul Jackson Jr. on guitar and Chuckii Booker on synthesizer. After Albright left Atlantic in 1997, Albright recorded for GRP, Concord's Peak label, Telarc, Heads Up and his latest CD 30 is on his own label Bright Music. Albright is currently on the Dave Koz and Friends Summer Horns Tour also featuring Rick Braun and Richard Elliot. Here's Gerald Albright with Jeff Lorber on keyboards, guitarist Marlon McLain and bassist Nathaniel Phillips from the group Pleasure and Ricky Lawson of Yellowjackets on drums at the 2006 Java Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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