Name: Dead Center
Brand: ADA [Wea 1-Stop Account]
SKU: 572639
Price: 122 HKD
Availability: InStock

Dead Center

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Format

CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

1 September 2004

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0632375713126

Writer

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Studio/Live

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Guest Artist

Harold Mabern

Country

USA

Label

ADA [Wea 1-Stop Account]

Dimensions

12.8 x 14.7 x 1 centimeters (0.09 kg)

Performer Notes

Personnel: Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone); Eric Alexander ; John Webber (double bass); Harold Mabern (piano); Joe Farnsworth (drums).
Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder.
Liner Note Author: Neil Tesser.
Recording information: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (06/10/2004).
Photographer: John Abbott .
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