Eric Alexander Dead Center CD

Dead Center Music

List Price	$16.98 (You save $3.13)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz Instrument CDs, Tenor Sax, Jazz
Label	Highnote Records, Inc.
Orig Year	2004
All Time Sales Rank	10400
CD Universe Part number	6771343
Catalog number	757131
Discs	1
Release Date	Sep 14, 2004
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Todd Barkan
Engineer	Rudy Van Gelder
Personnel	Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone Joe Farnsworth - drums John Webber - double bass Also: Harold Mabern

Eric Alexander Dead Center Songs

	1.	One For Steve
	2.	Sonrisa
	3.	Almost Like Being in Love
	4.	It's Magic
	5.	Few Miles From Memphis, A
	6.	Search For Peace
	7.	Dead Center
	8.	I Could Have Danced All Night

Dead Center Music Review

Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars another masterpiece
they keep getting better and better...long live E.A.
Submitted by ztlos123 (mays landing, nj)
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4 stars Very good album
Dead Center is a good album along the lines of Eric's earlier recordings. It is not as "burnin" as the 2nd Milestone, but Alexander fans(I'm one)will enjoy this record(I did).
Submitted by frank_levell (Dallas, TX, USA)
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