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Along with Gene Ammons and Stanley Turrentine, Dexter Gordon was one of the top ballad players of the '60s. Having already made his name in the bebop era and as an expatriate in Europe, Gordon returned to the States to record a series of fine Blue Note discs during the first half of the decade. This edition of the label's Ballads series features Gordon at his peak and in the company of some of hard bop's best players. Whether melding nicely with trumpeter Donald Byrd from a Paris date in 1964 ("Darn That Dream") or locking in with the stellar rhythm section of Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins ("Don't Explain"), Gordon delivers his almost sleepy and smoke-filled solos with regal grace. The same can also be said of the rest of this incredible program, including a latter-day live cut from 1978. A perfect set for those in need of a provocative after-hours session in front of the stereo.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
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Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, TenorSaxophone - Ron McMaster, MasteringEngineer - Donald Byrd, Trumpet - Art Taylor, DrumKit - Francis Wolff, Producer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Eddie Delange, Lyricist - Kenny Drew, Piano - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, BassVocalist
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Billie Holiday, Composer - Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, TenorSaxophone - Billy Higgins, DrumKit - Rudy Van Gelder, RecordingEngineer - Ron McMaster, MasteringEngineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano - Butch Warren, DoubleBass, BassVocalist - Arthur Herzog Jr., Composer
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, TenorSaxophone - Bob Cranshaw, DoubleBass - Billy Higgins, DrumKit - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, RecordingEngineer - Ron McMaster, MasteringEngineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Composer - Jack Wolf, Composer - Barry Harris, Piano - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet - Joel S Herron, Composer
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1979 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, TenorSaxophone - Rudy Van Gelder, RecordingEngineer - Ron McMaster, MasteringEngineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, DoubleBass, BassVocalist - Philly Joe Jones, DrumKit - Kenny Drew, Piano
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, TenorSaxophone - Al Harewood, DrumKit - Carl Fischer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, RecordingEngineer - Ron McMaster, MasteringEngineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Bill Carey, ComposerLyricist - George Tucker, DoubleBass, BassVocalist - Horace Parlan, Piano - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Bud Powell, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, TenorSaxophone - Rudy Van Gelder, MasteringEngineer - Francis Wolff, Producer - Kenny Clarke, FeaturedArtist, DrumKit - Ann Ronell, ComposerLyricist - Pierre Michelot, FeaturedArtist, DoubleBass - Claude Ermelin, RecordingEngineer
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, TenorSaxophone - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Billy Higgins, DrumKit - Rudy Van Gelder, RecordingEngineer - Ron McMaster, MasteringEngineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano - Butch Warren, DoubleBass, BassVocalist
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, MainArtist, TenorSaxophone - Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Rufus Reid, DoubleBass, BassVocalist - Todd Barkan, Producer - Rich McKean, RecordingEngineer - Mark Romero, RecordingEngineer - Kurt Lundvall, MasteringEngineer - Eddie Gladden, DrumKit - George Cables, Piano - Johnny Green, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Blue Note Records ℗ 1990 Blue Note Records
Album review
Along with Gene Ammons and Stanley Turrentine, Dexter Gordon was one of the top ballad players of the '60s. Having already made his name in the bebop era and as an expatriate in Europe, Gordon returned to the States to record a series of fine Blue Note discs during the first half of the decade. This edition of the label's Ballads series features Gordon at his peak and in the company of some of hard bop's best players. Whether melding nicely with trumpeter Donald Byrd from a Paris date in 1964 ("Darn That Dream") or locking in with the stellar rhythm section of Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins ("Don't Explain"), Gordon delivers his almost sleepy and smoke-filled solos with regal grace. The same can also be said of the rest of this incredible program, including a latter-day live cut from 1978. A perfect set for those in need of a provocative after-hours session in front of the stereo.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:16
- Main artists: Dexter Gordon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1991 Blue Note Records This Compilation ℗ 1991 Blue Note Records
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