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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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Sun 2 Jun 2019 00:00
BBC Radio 3

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  • Dexter Gordon

    Smile

    • Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
    • Avid.
    • 12.

  • Dexter Gordon

    Cheesecake

    • Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
    • Avid.
    • 1.

  • Dexter Gordon

    Second Balcony Jump

    • Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
    • Avid.
    • 3.

  • Dexter Gordon

    You've Changed

    • Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
    • Avid.
    • 2.

  • Dexter Gordon

    You Stepped Out Of A Dream

    • Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums.
    • Avid.
    • 9.

  • Dexter Gordon

    A Night In Tunisia

    • Our Man in Paris.
    • Blue Note.
    • 5.

  • Dexter Gordon

    The Christmas Song

    • Dexter Gordon: The Panther.
    • Prestige.
    • 5.

  • Dexter Gordon

    I'll Remember April

    • Biting The Apple.
    • Steeplechase.
    • 2.

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TITLE                  SMILE

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Chaplin, Parsons, Turner

Album Title:         Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums

Label:                  Avid AMSC 1199

Performers:         Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Horace Parlan (piano), George Tucker (bass), Al Harewood (drums)

 

TITLE                  CHEESECAKE

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Dexter Gordon

Album Title:         Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums

Label:                  Avid AMSC 1199

Performers:         Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)

 

TITLE                  SECOND BALCONY JUMP

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Eckstein, Valentine

Album Title:         Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums  

Label:                  Avid AMSC 1199

Performers:         Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)


TITLE                  YOU’VE CHANGED

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Carey, Fisher

Album Title:         Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums

Label:                  Avid AMSC 1199

Performers:         Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Horace Parlan (piano), George Tucker (bass), Al Harewood (drums)

 

TITLE                  YOU STEPPED OUT OF  A DREAM

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Brown, Kahn

Album Title:         Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums  

Label:                  Avid AMSC 1199

Performers:         Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)

 

TITLE                  A NIGHT IN TUNISIA

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Dizzy Gillespie

Album Title:         Dexter Gordon: Our Man in Paris

Label:                  Blue Note CDP7463942

Performers:        Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Bud Powell (piano), Pierre Michelot (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums)

 

TITLE                  THE CHRISTMAS SONG

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Torme, Wells

Album Title:         Dexter Gordon: The Panther

Label:                  Prestige OJCCD7702

Performers:         Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Larry Ridley (bass), Alan Dawson (drums)

 

TITLE                  I’LL REMEMBER APRIL

Artists:                 Dexter Gordon

Composers:         Gene de Paul

Album Title:         Biting The Apple

Label:                  Steeplechase SCS 1080

Performers:         Sam Jones (bass) Al Foster (drums), Barry Harris (piano), Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone) 

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  • Sun 2 Jun 2019 00:00
    BBC Radio 3

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