Dexter Gordon: Complete Columbia Albums Collection [7CD]

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2022-07-22
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opis:
Editor's info:
After his exile in Europe Dexter Gordon returned to the USA the end of 1976. This event was documented on the 2LP set Homecoming – Live at the Village Vanguard (CD1 & 2). After this Dexter and producer Michael Cuscuna embarked on a new project only a major label could fund: a larger ensemble to support the lush and marvellous tenor sound of Mr. Gordon.
Slide Hampton was enlisted as arranger and the result was the album Sophisticated Giant (CD3).
With his working quartet (George Cables, Rufus Reid and Eddie Gladden) Dexter recorded Manhattan Symphony in 1978 (CD4).
The Live at Carnegie Hall tapes were discovered in 1998 and here we hear the quartet stretching out a bit more than in the confines of the studio walls. Johnny Griffin sits in on 2 tracks (CD5).
The quartet broke up at the end of the 70’s so the next album Gotham City became an all-star affair with Woody Shaw, George Benson, Cedar Walton, Art. Blakey & Percy Heath (CD6).
The CBS All-Stars - Montreux Summit and the Havana Jam tracks on which Dexter plays can be found on the last CD (CD7).

The tracks from the Great Encounters album are put back together with the original sessions from which they came. Dexter would even reach greater stardom with the general public through his appearance in the movie ‘Round Midnight but these albums from the late 70’s show us the strength and magnificent skills he had as an improviser. A true Sophisticated Giant of the Tenor Saxophone!

muzycy:
Alto Saxophone – Arthur Blythe (tracks: 7-5)
Alto Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Frank Wess (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Bass – David Eubanks (2) (tracks: 6-5 to 6-7), Gordon Johnson (tracks: 7-1 to 7-3), Percy Heath (tracks: 6-1 to 6-4, 7-4, 7-5), Rufus Reid (tracks: 3-1 to 5-10), Stafford James (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5)
Drums – Tony Williams* (tracks: 7-4, 7-5), Art Blakey (tracks: 6-1 to 6-4), Billy Brooks* (tracks: 7-1 to 7-3), Chris Parker (2) (tracks: 7-6), Eddie Gladden (tracks: 3-7 to 5-10, 6-5 to 6-7), Louis Hayes (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5), Victor Lewis (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Electric Bass – Bob Babbit* (tracks: 7-6)
Flugelhorn – Woody Shaw (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Flute – Hubert Laws (tracks: 7-3, 7-5)
Guitar – Cornell Dupree (tracks: 7-6), George Benson (tracks: 6-1 to 6-4), Steve Khan (tracks: 7-6)
Lead Vocals – Eddie Jefferson (tracks: 3-7 to 3-8)
Percussion – Errol Crusher Bennett* (tracks: 7-6), Willie Bobo (tracks: 7-5)
Piano – Cedar Walton (tracks: 6-1 to 6-4, 7-4, 7,5), George Cables (tracks: 3-1 to 5-10), George Duke (tracks: 7-1 to 7-3), Kirk Lightsey (tracks: 6-5 to 6-7), Leon Pendarvis (tracks: 7-6), Ronnie Mathews (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5)
Soprano Saxophone – Dexter Gordon (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Heath (tracks: 7-5), Johnny Griffin (tracks: 5-8, 5-10), Stan Getz (tracks: 7-3 to 7-5)
Trombone – Clifford Hardie (tracks: 7-3), Curtis Fuller (tracks: 3-7 to 3-8), David Horler (tracks: 7-3), Geoff Perkins (tracks: 7-3), Slide Hampton (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6, 7-1 to 7-3), Wayne Andre (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Trumpet – Maynard Ferguson (tracks: 7-3), Woody Shaw (tracks: 1-1 to 3-8, 6-1 to 6-4, 7-1 to 7-3, 7-5)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Benny Bailey (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Tuba, Baritone Saxophone – Howard Johnson (3) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6, 7-5), Mike Mainieri (tracks: 7-6)

utwory:
CD1:
1. Gingerbread Boy
2. Little Red's Fantasy
3. Fenja
4. In Case You Haven't Heard
5. Fried Bananas

CD2:
1. It's You or No One
2. Let's Get Down
3. 'Round Midnight
4. Backstairs
5. Body and Soul

CD3:
1. Laura
2. The Moontrane
3. Red Top
4. Fried Bananas
5. You're Blase
6. How Insensitive
7. Diggin' In
8. It's Only a Paper Moon

CD4:
1. As Time Goes By
2. Moment's Notice
3. Tanya
4. I Told You So
5. Body and Soul
6. Ltd
7. Ruby, My Dear
8. Secret Love

CD5:
1. Introduction
2. Secret Love
3. Introduction
4. The End of a Love Affair
5. Introduction
6. More Than You Know
7. Introduction
8. Blues Up and Down
9. Introduction
10. Cheesecake

CD6:
1. Hi Fly
2. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
3. The Blues Walk (Loose Walk)
4. Gotham City
5. A Conversation With Dexter Gordon 5a Gotham City 5b a Nighti
6. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Short Version)
7. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Long Version)

CD7:
1. Fried Bananas
2. The Moontrane
3. Red Top
4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
5. Project S
6. Isn't She Lovely

wydano: Jul 22, 2022