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Eric Leeds

Eric Leeds

Eric Leeds has been played on NTS in shows including Benedek, featured first on 30 March 2018. Songs played include Under The Knife, Traveling Music and The Dopamine Rush.

Eric Leeds is an American jazz and funk musician who plays the saxophone and other woodwind and brass instruments. He is best known for his work with Prince.

His brother, Alan Leeds was the tour manager for Prince in the early 1980s and introduced his brother to Prince not long after the Purple Rain tour. Prince was impressed by Leeds' talents and featured him in the band The Family in 1985. The band was short-lived, but Prince invited Leeds into The Revolution for his Parade tour. Leeds brought along long-time friend Matt Blistan, who was renamed Atlanta Bliss by Prince.

After the breakup of The Revolution, Prince retained Leeds and Bliss for his succeeding band and used their talents greatly over his next three albums. Bliss left the fold in 1989 but Leeds lent his talents to Madhouse and various Prince projects throughout the years.

In 1991, Leeds released a jazz album entitled Times Squared. The album consisted of several track from Prince's vault with Leeds' overdubbed horns. A second album, entitled Things Left Unsaid, was released in 1993 with one Prince contribution.

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Eric Leeds

Eric Leeds has been played on NTS in shows including Benedek, featured first on 30 March 2018. Songs played include Under The Knife, Traveling Music and The Dopamine Rush.

Eric Leeds is an American jazz and funk musician who plays the saxophone and other woodwind and brass instruments. He is best known for his work with Prince.

His brother, Alan Leeds was the tour manager for Prince in the early 1980s and introduced his brother to Prince not long after the Purple Rain tour. Prince was impressed by Leeds' talents and featured him in the band The Family in 1985. The band was short-lived, but Prince invited Leeds into The Revolution for his Parade tour. Leeds brought along long-time friend Matt Blistan, who was renamed Atlanta Bliss by Prince.

After the breakup of The Revolution, Prince retained Leeds and Bliss for his succeeding band and used their talents greatly over his next three albums. Bliss left the fold in 1989 but Leeds lent his talents to Madhouse and various Prince projects throughout the years.

In 1991, Leeds released a jazz album entitled Times Squared. The album consisted of several track from Prince's vault with Leeds' overdubbed horns. A second album, entitled Things Left Unsaid, was released in 1993 with one Prince contribution.

Original source: Last.fm

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Under The Knife
feat. Ben Sidran, Billy Sheill, Bob Malach, Carl Allen, Deacon, Eric Leeds, Humpty Hump, Jerry Alexander, Kenny Hollman, Mavis Staples, Paul Peterson, Phil Upchurch, Pops Staples, Ricky Peterson, Rufus Reid, Shock G, The Steeles, Tone
MCA-GRP1994
Traveling Music
feat. Ben Sidran, Billy Sheill, Bob Malach, Carl Allen, Deacon, Eric Leeds, Humpty Hump, Jerry Alexander, Kenny Hollman, Mavis Staples, Paul Peterson, Phil Upchurch, Pops Staples, Ricky Peterson, Rufus Reid, Shock G, The Steeles, Tone
MCA-GRP1994
The Dopamine Rush
Eric Leeds
Paisley Park1991
The Dopamine Rush (Edit)
Eric Leeds
Paisley Park, Warner Bros. Records1991