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Eric Kloss
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1949
jazz
Discography
- Introducing Eric Kloss1965
- Love and All That Jazz1966
- Grits and Gravy1967
- Life Force1967
- In the Land of the Giants1969
- Consciousness!1970
- One, Two, Free1973
- Essence1974
- Bodies' Warmth1975
- Together1976
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jazzPost-Bopcontemporary jazzsaxophoneFusion
A child prodigy of the 1960s, saxophonist, born April 3rd, 1949 in Greenville, Pittsburgh Eric Kloss holds the distinction of having a record contract with Prestige Records at the age of only 15. Releasing his first album “Introducing Eric Kloss” in 1965 at the age of 16. Blind soon after birth, he was a child prodigy whose professional career began at the age of 12. At that time, Eric was the subject of a PBS documentary highlighting his extensive performances on public television and radio wit
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1949 births20th-century American saxophonists21st-century American male musicians21st-century American saxophonistsAmerican blind saxophonistsAmerican jazz saxophonistsAmerican male jazz musiciansAmerican male saxophonistsBlind jazz musiciansCobblestone Records artistsJazz musicians from PittsburghLiving peopleMuse Records artistsPeople from Greenville, PennsylvaniaPrestige Records artistsTransatlantic Records artists