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A master of the tenor sax in the small-group bop setting, Dexter Gordon's marvelous tone, elegant lead lines, and deliberate behind-the-beat phrasing made him an obvious influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, among others, and although his body of work is much lauded, he still manages to be somehow underappreciated in the pantheon of great tenor sax players. Beset with drug and other personal problems throughout his career, Gordon had several "comebacks," but none more striking than his 1961 to 1965 sojourn with Blue Note Records, a period that produced Gordon's best work. Gordon released nine albums for the label in the early '60s, and this two-disc, 18-track compilation takes cuts from such stellar LPs as Clubhouse, Our Man in Paris, One Flight Up, and Go! to make a nice overview of the Blue Note years. The consistency on display here is startling, and if Gordon wasn't as openly exploratory as Coltrane or Rollins, he didn't really need to be. He knew the pocket and he knew when to move it. Barring purchasing all of Gordon's Blue Note albums individually (which isn't currently possible -- Blue Note really should reissue all of them), picking up this set is probably the next best thing.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Dexter Gordon, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Frank Sinatra, Composer - Jack Wolf, Composer - Barry Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joel S Herron, Composer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1965 Blue Note Records
Dexter Gordon, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Barry Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1965 Blue Note Records
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donald Byrd, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Art Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Wolff, Producer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Eddie Delange, Author - Kenny Drew, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Bud Powell, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Wolff, Producer - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - Kenny Clarke, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK PAPARELLI, Composer - Pierre Michelot, Double Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Ermelin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Al Harewood, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
DISC 2
Al Hoffman, Composer - Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Bobby Hutcherson, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Harris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John Klenner, Composer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1966 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Robledo, Composer - Dorothy Terriss, Author
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Billie Holiday, Composer - Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Arthur Herzog Jr., Composer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Al Harewood, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Drew, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1961 Blue Note Records
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Drew, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Teddy McRae, ComposerLyricist - Henri Woode, ComposerLyricist - Bill Bird, ComposerLyricist - Bud Powell, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Kenny Clarke, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pierre Michelot, Double Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Ermelin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Fischer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Bill Carey, ComposerLyricist - George Tucker, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Horace Parlan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Dexter Gordon, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerald Valentine, Composer - Billy Eckstein, Composer
(C) 2003 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
A master of the tenor sax in the small-group bop setting, Dexter Gordon's marvelous tone, elegant lead lines, and deliberate behind-the-beat phrasing made him an obvious influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, among others, and although his body of work is much lauded, he still manages to be somehow underappreciated in the pantheon of great tenor sax players. Beset with drug and other personal problems throughout his career, Gordon had several "comebacks," but none more striking than his 1961 to 1965 sojourn with Blue Note Records, a period that produced Gordon's best work. Gordon released nine albums for the label in the early '60s, and this two-disc, 18-track compilation takes cuts from such stellar LPs as Clubhouse, Our Man in Paris, One Flight Up, and Go! to make a nice overview of the Blue Note years. The consistency on display here is startling, and if Gordon wasn't as openly exploratory as Coltrane or Rollins, he didn't really need to be. He knew the pocket and he knew when to move it. Barring purchasing all of Gordon's Blue Note albums individually (which isn't currently possible -- Blue Note really should reissue all of them), picking up this set is probably the next best thing.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 02:01:57
- Main artists: Dexter Gordon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 Blue Note Records This Compilation ℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
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