Origin New York City Years active 1997–present Genre Jazz | Genres Jazz Active from 1997 | |
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Labels Sharp Nine, Criss Cross, Tokuma, Smoke Sessions Albums The Third Decade, Killer Joe, The End of a Love Affair Members Eric Alexander, David Hazeltine, Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, Joe Farnsworth | ||
One for All is a jazz sextet formed in 1997 in New York City. The band features Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), Jim Rotondi (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), David Hazeltine (piano), John Webber (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums). The group has been compared to 1960s-era Blue Note jazz and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
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History
The group was formed in 1997 for an engagement at Smalls Jazz Club and recorded its first album, Too Soon Too Tell, for the Sharp Nine label later than year. Alexander, Rotondi, and Farnsworth had all been acquainted in New York City as far back as 1988, and later Farnsworth introduced Davis to the other musicians. Hazeltine and Peter Washington began performing with the former four players in 1996 at the jazz club Augie's, which would later be re-opened as Smoke, a venue at which the group would record a live album. Washington was replaced by John Webber, and the band has since signed to the Criss Cross label. The name One for All is borrowed from the Jazz Messengers's last album.
Critical reception
Critic David Adler of JazzTimes has called One for All "New York's premier hard-bop supergroup," while Matt Collar at AllMusic called the band "one of the foremost mainstream jazz ensembles to come out of the '90s."
Discography
Songs
All For OneOptimism · 1998
Too Soon To TellToo Soon To Tell · 1997
The LineupThe Lineup · 2006