Blue Dex : Dexter Gordon plays the blues.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990.
Imprint:Berkeley, CA : Prestige, p1996.
Description:1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
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Format: CD Audio Music recording
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8106440
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Varying Form of Title:Dexter Gordon plays the blues
Notes:Jazz.
The 1st and 5th tracks previously unreleased.
Compact disc.
Biographical and program notes by Paul Halvonik inserted in container.
Compilation produced by Ed Michel.
Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone; with various ensembles.
Recorded 1969-1973, at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, and North Park Hotel, Chicago.
Standard no.:025218310321
Publisher's no.:PRCD-11003-2 Prestige
Table of Contents:
  • Sticky wicket (alternate take) / Dexter Gordon (James Moody, tenor saxophone; Barry Harris, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums) (9:38)
  • The panther / Gordon (Tommy Flanagan, piano; Larry Ridley, bass; Alan Dawson, drums) (6:21)
  • Blue Monk / Thelonious Monk (Junior Mance, piano; Martin Rivera, bass; Oliver Jackson, drums) (10:41)
  • Lonesome lover blues / Billy Eckstine (Gene Ammons, tenor saxophone; Jodie Christian, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Wilbur Campbell, drums; Vi Redd, vocals) (13:10)
  • The jumpin' blues (alt. take) / McShann, Parker (Wynton Kelly, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Roy Brooks, drums) (5:41)
  • Oh! Karen O / Gordon (Thad Jones, trumpet, flugelhorn; Hank Jones, piano; Stanley Clarke, bass) (12:05)
  • Gingerbread boy / Jimmy Heath (Hampton Hawes, electric piano; Bob Cranshaw, Fender bass; Kenny Clarke, drums) (12:35).