Late Dexter Gordon
Geoffrey Smith delves into recordings from the second half of Dexter Gordon's career - from the 1960s onwards - and finds some of the finest tenor playing of that career, and of its time.
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Dexter Gordon
Smile
- Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
- Avid.
- 12.
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Dexter Gordon
Cheesecake
- Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
- Avid.
- 1.
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Dexter Gordon
Second Balcony Jump
- Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
- Avid.
- 3.
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Dexter Gordon
You've Changed
- Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
- Avid.
- 2.
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Dexter Gordon
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
- Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
- Avid.
- 9.
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Dexter Gordon
A Night In Tunisia
- Our Man in Paris.
- Blue Note.
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Dexter Gordon
The Christmas Song
- Dexter Gordon: The Panther.
- Prestige.
- 5.
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Dexter Gordon
I'll Remember April
- Biting The Apple.
- Steeplechase.
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TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSMILE
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers:Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýChaplin, Parsons, Turner
Album Title: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums
Label: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýAvid AMSC 1199
Performers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Horace Parlan (piano),ÌýGeorge Tucker (bass), Al Harewood (drums)
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TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýCHEESECAKE
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Album Title: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums
Label: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýAvid AMSC 1199
Performers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
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TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSECOND BALCONY JUMP
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Eckstein, Valentine
Album Title: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums Ìý
Label: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýAvid AMSC 1199
Performers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýYOU’VE CHANGED
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Carey, Fisher
Album Title: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums
Label: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýAvid AMSC 1199
Performers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Horace Parlan (piano), George Tucker (bass), Al Harewood (drums)
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TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýYOU STEPPED OUT OFÌý A DREAM
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers:Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýBrown, Kahn
Album Title: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums Ìý
Label: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýAvid AMSC 1199
Performers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
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TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýA NIGHT IN TUNISIA
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers:Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDizzy Gillespie
Album Title: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon: Our Man in Paris
Label: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýBlue Note CDP7463942
Performers: Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDexter Gordon (tenor sax), Bud Powell (piano), Pierre Michelot (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums)
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TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýTHE CHRISTMAS SONG
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers:Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýTorme, Wells
Album Title:Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDexter Gordon: The Panther
Label:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýPrestige OJCCD7702
Performers:Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýDexter Gordon (tenor sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Larry Ridley (bass), Alan Dawson (drums)
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TITLE Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýI’LL REMEMBER APRIL
Artists: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Dexter Gordon
Composers:Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýGene de Paul
Album Title: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Biting The Apple
Label: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSteeplechase SCS 1080
Performers: Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Sam Jones (bass) Al Foster (drums), Barry Harris (piano), Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone)Ìý
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