Go dexter gordon to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Dexter gordon quartet something different full album. What is different about this set recorded in a particularly busy year for dexter gordon is that the veteran tenor is joined by a trio guitarist philip catherine, bassist niels pedersen and drummer billy higgins that does not include a pianist. Dexter gordon had such a colorful and eventful life with three separate comebacks that his story would make a great hollywood movie. The resurgence of dexter gordon, an album by dexter gordon. Album dexter calling 96khz24bit, dexter gordon qobuz. Along with gene ammons and stanley turrentine, dexter gordon was one of the top ballad players of the 60s. This edition of the labels ballads series features gordon at his peak and in the company of some of. The complete prestige recordings dexter gordon songs. According to the liner notes by ira gitler, this session was not recorded in a nightclub performance but, in its informal symmetry, it matches the relaxed atmosphere that the best of those made in that manner engender. Gordon was initially inspired by lester young, but his intense playing and rich sound reflect the influence of herschel evans and illinois jacquet, bigtoned tenor players of the 1930s and 1940s.
Dexter gordon tenor saxophone, martin banks trumpet, richard boone trombone, dolo coker piano, charles green bass, lawrence marable drums, cannonball adderley producer, wally heider engineer, jack matthews mastering, ken. He was among the earliest tenor players to adapt the bebop musical language gordon died in philadelphia, pennsylvania from renal failure and laryngeal. Two days earlier he and this same quartet recorded his classic album go the band included pianist sonny clark, bassist butch warren, and drummer billy higgins. Gordon s height was 6 feet 6 inches 198 cm, so he was also known as long tall dexter and sophisticated giant. Dexter calling 96khz24bit dexter gordon to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. One of the most important tenor saxophonists to emerge during the bebop era. Dexter gordon quartet tokyo 1975 by dexter gordon, released in 2018 on elemental music. Dexter gordon is one of those jazz players that moved to paris and for years lived as an expat, committing his life to his music.
He was one of the first players of the instrument in the bebop idiom of musicians such as charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, and bud powell. Dexter, alone or with one or two additional horns, and rhythm section, playing straight ahead bop all the parts in place but nothing too cerebral, and certainly not a lot of time spent on arranging. Order now 20182019 book event schedule the dexter gordon. His discography is immense, and the number of first rate talent hes worked with is both impressive, and staggering. Explore releases from dexter gordon quartet at discogs. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from dexter gordon quartet at the discogs marketplace. Otherwise, the music is at the same high quality level and in the same modern bop genre as one would expect. The top tenor saxophonist to emerge during the bop era and possessor of his own distinctive sound, gordon sometimes was longwinded and quoted excessively from other songs, but he created a large body of superior work and could battle nearly anyone successfully. And this cd is one of the best, starting with classics like darn that dream and going all the way through to body and soul. Misty is a live album by american saxophonist dexter gordon recorded at the jazzhus montmartre in copenhagen, denmark in 1965 by danmarks radio and released on the steeplechase label in 2004. Jazztimes written by maxine gordon, sophisticated giant a biography presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist dexter gordon 19231990, one of the major innovators of modern jazz.
While its unquestionably true that saxophonist dexter gordon is best known for his blue note sides made between 1960 and 1965, it is on his prestige recordings, the vast majority of which were taped between 1969 and 1973, where the full depth and breadth of his gift and contribution are documented. Dexter gordon is often cited as a major influence on john coltrane. Dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Gordons height was 6 feet 6 inches 198 cm, so he was also known as long tall dexter and sophisticated giant. The resurgence of dexter gordon by dexter gordon album. You hear that commitment in his playing, it is some of the best soulful blues. Dexter gordon was one of the first graduates of the american swing and bebop scene, and would go on to not only develop and sustain the movement, but redefined much of the jazz vocabulary we today, take almost for granted. He was also known as long tall dexter and sophisticated giant. Dexter gordon was on a roll in 1962 when he recorded a swingin affair. Not that he is aiming at the same transcendent themes as coltrane but rather that his musical understanding is a spur to playing sax in a more open and. A1 freddie freeloader miles davis a2 when sunny gets blue. Dexter gordon albums from the late fifties and sixties tended to be all of a kind. For a guy who was an influence on both coltrane and sonny rollins, it almost seems that dexter gordon is underappreciated, if such a thing is possible.
In any case, this along with the apartment are two of the best from his steeplechase period. Dexter gordon, mainartist teddy reig, producer, recording producer richard whiting, composerlyricist robin lee, composerlyricist. Gordon, in turn, went on to be a major inspiration to the next generation. Many jazz musicians of the era have stated how much better life was for a black man in europe than the us. He matured into one of the major tenor voices in postwar jazz an exciting and original player who was perhaps the single. View all albums and help us complete dexter gordon discography. The life and legacy of dexter gordon a mustread for jazz fans. And dexters just blowing free and easy with that big sound of his. Dexter gordon, quartet, dexter gordon bouncin with dex. Whats more, this box finally sets the historical and chronological record straight as many of. Dexter gordon was locked in tight during that year, releasing no less than six recordings, all with the same players, as if these songs were part of some massive canvas, with the section making up go merely cut from a larger panel, where sonny clark was responsible for incisive solos that created an understated dynamic tension, where together. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
Heartaches is a live album by american saxophonist dexter gordon recorded at the jazzhus montmartre in copenhagen, denmark in 1965 by danmarks radio and released on the steeplechase label in 2005. He was the first to take charlie parkers alto sax bebop breakthroughs and understand how to develop them for tenor. Dexter gordon biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. One of the outstanding tenor saxophonists in jazz history, and a major figure in bop known. Have yourself a merry little christmas dexter gordon b. One of the outstanding tenor saxophonists in jazz history, and a major figure in bop known for his heavy doses of swing.
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