“My old friend Clark Tracey phoned me and asked me to write a few words for this new recording. I will try because the music is really good and I know you will enjoy it.
Alex Clarke is new to me. I haven’t been around the scene much for several years and have missed a lot. So here I am catching up. I love her choice of songs, her choice of sideman and her sax playing. I hear flashes of other players in both her alto and tenor playing but mostly she already sounds like herself. She is young, but so were Dave Newton and Clark when they first recorded – (the mighty Dave Green too, although I was still in grade school at the time).
It's not easy to make an album when you are young – it takes a long time to get used to recording. Alex sounds like she is comfortable and inspired.”
~ Scott Hamilton
