Eric Alexander - Dead Center (2004) CD Rip

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Artist: Eric Alexander
Title: Dead Center
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: HighNote[HCD7131]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 52:01
Total Size: 382 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. One for Steve
02. Sonrisa
03. Almost Like Being in Love
04. It's Magic
05. A Few Miles from Memphis
06. Search for Peace
07. Dead Center
08. I Could Have Danced All Night

personnel :

Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone
Joe Farnsworth - drums
John Webber - bass
Harold Mabern - piano

Recalling the moody and atmospheric mid-to-late-'60s work of fellow reedmen Wayne Shorter and Hank Mobley, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander's Dead Center has a reflective quality that lends itself to such timely compositions as McCoy Tyner's "Search for Peace." It also reveals Alexander's lithe and gentle touch on standards including "Almost Like Being in Love," while lesser known works like Herbie Hancock's "Sonrisa" showcase his deft harmonic invention and superb rhythmic sense. Similarly, pianist Harold Mabern's groove-oriented "A Few Miles From Memphis" is propelled along by drummer Joe Farnsworth's soul-inflected beat with Alexander nudging lines back and forth deep inside the rhythm pocket. While not a significant departure from his past work, Dead Center nonetheless finds Alexander revealing himself as a grounded and muscular improviser who never takes his eye off the target.~Matt Collar

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