ERIC ESSIX

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For Eric Essix, the year 2018 marks two inspiring milestones in his multi-faceted career. The Birmingham, Alabama based contemporary jazz guitarist is currently in the studio with his longtime band working on a project under the title, “25-30 Sessions,” indicating that this will be his 25th full length recording since launching his recording career in 1988 (30 years ago) with the release of First Impressions. That album was the start of a creative journey that has made him a genre icon - not only for his keen ability to fashion a continuous flow of infectious melodies and funky grooves, but also because while delving into several sub-genres (pop, R&B and Gospel among them), he has artfully dismantled past ideas of what jazz is and reinvented them.

“I didn’t even think about the reality of 25 albums until I got here,” Essix says. “For me, writing and going into the studio
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ERIC ESSIX First Impressions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
First Impressions
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1988
ERIC ESSIX Second Thoughts album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Second Thoughts
RnB 1991
ERIC ESSIX Third Degree Burn album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Third Degree Burn
RnB 1993
ERIC ESSIX Just Like You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Like You
RnB 1995
ERIC ESSIX Small Talk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Small Talk
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1998
ERIC ESSIX Southbound album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Southbound
RnB 2000
ERIC ESSIX Somewhere in Alabama album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Somewhere in Alabama
RnB 2004
ERIC ESSIX Abide With Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Abide With Me
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2005
ERIC ESSIX Superblue album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Superblue
RnB 2006
ERIC ESSIX Birmingham album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Birmingham
RnB 2008
ERIC ESSIX My Gift To You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Gift To You
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2010
ERIC ESSIX Eric Essix album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Eric Essix
RnB 2012
ERIC ESSIX Evolution album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Evolution
RnB 2013
ERIC ESSIX Isley Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Isley Sessions
RnB 2014
ERIC ESSIX Eric Essix's Move: Trio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Eric Essix's Move: Trio
RnB 2015
ERIC ESSIX This Train: The Gospel Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
This Train: The Gospel Sessions
Jazz Related Gospel 2016
ERIC ESSIX More album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
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RnB 2018
ERIC ESSIX Songs From The Deep album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Songs From The Deep
RnB 2021
ERIC ESSIX Stride album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stride
RnB 2022

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ERIC ESSIX The Modern Man Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Modern Man Recordings
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2003
ERIC ESSIX Retrospective album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Retrospective
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2006

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