Tender Night:
The Eric Starr Group On Stage and In the Studio
In February of 2004, 2 days before the release party at Lincoln Center, Eric and a skeleton crew appeared on the Joey Reynolds show, originating from WOR high over Times Square. Nelson and Eric were joined by Marc Schonbrun on Guitar and Iain Ballamy on tenor. This was the first time Eric had ever performed with Ballamy in public, and their only rehearsal was cooked up in the break room. So amped on stale coffee and/or jet lagged, this quartet did a beautiful rendering of Eric Starr’s bossa nova, Salta.
Ron Eggleton’s hour long film starts there, then flashes backward and forward through recording of SHE, and Eric Starr’s debut at Lincoln Center. Here it is in its entirety:
Here’s a Google video version of it:
In 2004, Eric put together another series of performances, this time with piano legend, Andy LaVerne joining Iain Ballamy on saxaphone. “Such is Life,” is destined to be on Eric’s next album.
The New Tralf, Buffalo, NY December, 2004
