Eric Kloss
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Eric Kloss (b. April 3, 1949, Greenville, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Kloss first played professionally in the Pittsburgh area in the 1960s, and played with Pat Martino in 1965; later that year he made his first recordings at age 16 for Prestige Records. He continued to release on Prestige and Muse through the late 1970s, playing with Don Patterson, Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Alan Dawson, Cedar Walton, Jimmy Owens, Kenny Barron, Jack DeJohnette, Booker Ervin, Chick Corea, Barry Miles, Richie Cole, and Gil Goldstein.
Kloss has recorded sparsely since 1981.
[edit] Discography
- Introducing Eric Kloss (Prestige Records, 1965)
- Love and All That Jazz (Prestige, 1966)
- Grits and Gravy (Prestige, 1966)
- First Class Kloss! (Prestige, 1967)
- Life Force (Prestige, 1967)
- We're Goin' Up (Prestige, 1967)
- Sky Shadows (Prestige, 1968)
- In the Land of the Giants (Prestige, 1969)
- Eric Kloss & the Rhythm Section (Prestige, 1969)
- To Hear Is to See! (Prestige, 1969)
- Consciousness! (Prestige, 1970)
- One, Two, Free (Muse Records, 1972)
- Essence (Muse, 1973)
- Bodies' Warmth (Muse, 1975)
- Battle of the Saxes (Muse, 1976)
- Together (Muse, 1976)
- Now (Muse, 1978)
- Celebration (Muse, 1979)
- Sharing (Omnisound, 1981)
- Sweet Connections (1999, recorded 1979)
