"Alex is a very gifted and expressive saxophonist. He's shown in performance a very strong developing conception as a composer and a soloist" – Joe Lovano “He has a very creative imagination and is both an excellent player and accomplished composer/arranger. A superior talent that I would have to place in the top 5% of all the great writer/players I've seen go through Berklee these past 33 years” – Ken Pullig Parisian-born, Brooklyn based saxophonist/composer Alex Terrier, recipient of numerous awards on both sides of the pond, announces the release of his second CD as a leader, Roundtrip (available October 6, 2009), featuring Roy Assaf (piano), François Moutin (bass) + Steve Davis (drums), with Akira Ishiguro (guitar-tracks 2 + 5) and Edouard Brenneisen (guitar-tracks 8 + 10). On Roundtrip, an album of all original compositions, Terrier has created a tour-de-force recording where the energy of the New York jazz scene meets the melodic poetr...