Pete Christlieb – Apogee (CD)

Pete Christlieb's tenor saxophone work earned him widespread recognition through his mid-70s stint with the Tonight Show Band and his celebrated 1978 collaboration with Wes Montgomery devotee Warne Marsh, but his solo records reveal a player equally at home leading his own session. A hard bop purist with a warm, full tone, Christlieb represents a direct line from the West Coast tenor tradition into the modern era.