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Eric Kloss, a talented high-powered altoist with an open mind toward funk and certain aspects of pop music, recorded a long series of fine albums for Prestige and Muse from the mid-'60s into the late '70s. Blind since birth,
Kloss began playing professionally in Pittsburgh in the early '60s. He worked with
Pat Martino in 1965, the same year he started recording as a 16-year-old for Prestige. Through the years,
Kloss used such players on his records as
Martino, organist
Don Patterson,
Jaki Byard,
Richard Davis,
Alan Dawson,
Cedar Walton,
Jimmy Owens,
Kenny Barron,
Jack DeJohnette,
Booker Ervin,
Chick Corea, and
Barry Miles, in addition to collaborations with
Richie Cole and duets with
Gil Goldstein. But
Eric Kloss seemed to disappear after his 1981 Omnisound album and has not been heard from by the jazz world in quite some time. ~ Scott Yanow