Dexter Gordon / The Mellow Sound

Dexter Gordon

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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Dexter Gordon / The Mellow Sound

Track listing   

01 The Christmas Song 0:00 02 Dinner for One Please, James 5:18 03 Days of Wine and Roses 11:25 04 If You Could See Me Now 20:09 05 Those Were the Days 25:30 06 For Sentimental Reasons 33:33 07 Valse Robin 40:25 08 Polkadots and Moonbeams 46:18



Prestige Compilation # 01 (The song IS The Christmas Song) & 07 from “The Panther" Dexter Gordon (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Larry Ridley (b) Alan Dawson (d) New York, July 7, 1970 # 02 & 05 from “The Tower Of Power" session Dexter Gordon (ts) Barry Harris (p) Buster Williams (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d) New York, April 4, 1969 # 03 from “Generation” Dexter Gordon (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Buster Williams (b) Billy Higgins (d) New York, June 22, 1972 # 04 & 06 from “The Jumpin’ Blues” Dexter Gordon (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Sam Jones (b) Roy Brooks (d) Van Gelder, N.J., August 27, 1970 # 08 from “The Chase: Gene Ammons/Dexter Gordon” Dexter Gordon (ts) John Young (p) Cleveland Eaton (b) Steve McCall (d) Live "North Park Hotel", Chicago, Afternoon Set, July 26, 1970