Eric Kloss

Eric Kloss Eric Kloss American jazz saxophonist Eric Kloss (born April 3, 1949) is an American jazz saxophonist. Music career Kloss was born blind in Greenville, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and attended Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, where his father, Dr. Alton G. Kloss, was superintendent. When he was 10, he began to play the saxophone, and two years later he was playing in night clubs with professional musicians such as Bobby Negri, Charles Bell, and Sonny Stitt. At 16, he recorded his debut album, Introducing Eric Kloss (Prestige, 1965), playing both alto and tenor saxophones with Don Patterson and Pat Martino.[1] On his third album, Grits & Gravy (1966), he was recording with musicians over twice his age: Jaki…

GENRES: Jazz