Erica Lindsay - Dreamer (1989)

This is an utterly fabulous jazz effort by a relatively unknown composer and sax player. The side players she got for the sessions are excellent, there's wonderful chemistry, such a live feel for a studio recording. This album is a dark horse if there ever was one. You can get the CD at full price and be assured of a set of stellar performances.
J. McDonald
This was saxophonist Erica Lindsay's debut album, recorded in 1989 – I purchased the LP of this when it was first released – now I have the CD.
A quintet album – though the band is joined by trombonist Robin Eubanks on one track; the personnel are Lindsay on tenor sax, Howard Johnson on tuba, baritone sax, flugelhorn and penny whistle, Francesca Tanksley on piano, Anthony Cox on bass and Newman Baker on drums.
All but one of the compositions on the album are by Lindsay; the music is easily categorised as Post-Bop modern jazz; Lindsay plays with authority, though she has an attractive, warm, unassuming tone; Johnson`s varied instrumentalism provides some variety to the band's sound and everyone gets some solo time.
Lindsay hasn't a big discography under her own name – she co-leads a group with Sumi Tonooka and her most recent recordings have been with Alchemy Sound Project – a jazz composer's group – so this is a rare example of her work as leader.