Back in August of this year, saxophonist Albert Rivera stepped out with his impromptu project “Inner Peace,” to shake and rattle things up a bit on the jazz scene. Recently I was drawn to reacquaint myself with the power, energy and finesse of his magnetic horn play as it blurs seamlessly through the conduit of the eclectic voice of this amazing saxophonist on his debut “Re-Introduction” released in 2008. For those of you who haven’t, you might want to consider his mind-blowing bop-infused jazz excursion on Turnaround Records. –Rob Young | The Urban Flux

Albert Rivera - Re-Introduction

Albert Rivera -][- Re-Introduce - [Turnaround Records, 2008]

Born in Bronx, NY, Albert Rivera began his career as a classical musician at age ten with the Bronx Borough-wide Concert Band. At 12, he and his band mates were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall. He made three appearances there, the last of which was with the New York Pops. Bitten by the bug of ensemble music, he auditioned for the selective LaGuardia High School for Music and Arts program and was accepted.

At LaGuardia, he discovered jazz. “When I first heard Charlie Parker and Coltrane, I was speechless,” he said. He wanted to join the school jazz band but there was no room for a bass clarinet, so he switched to sax. –Biography

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