Dexter Gordon - Bouncin' with Dex

Title: Bouncin' with Dex Artist: Dexter Gordon Release Date: 9/14/1975 Re-Released On: 3/25/2008 Label: Video Arts, Steeplechase UPCs: 4988112417533, 716043106028, 723721856328, 4988112413665 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz Moods: Elegant, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated, Playful, Smooth, Springlike, Stylish, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Literate, Lively, Poignant, Carefree, Cheerful, Freewheeling, Organic, Passionate, Soothing, Complex, Earthy, Energetic, Exuberant, Romantic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Billie's Bounce
2. Easy Living
3. Benji's Bounce
4. Catalonian Nights
5. Four
6. Easy Living [Take 1][#]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Video Arts VACZ1124 2002 CD Video Arts 1005 1994 CD Steeplechase 31060

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Dexter Gordon thrived on the attention of European jazz fans while living there during the 1960s and early '70s, while he also had a wealth of opportunities to record for labels on the continent. This 1975 session for Steeplechase, one of a dozen he made as a leader for the label in the mid-'70s, finds him in top form, accompanied by pianist Tete Montoliu, along with frequent collaborators Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass and drummer Billy Higgins. Gordon's big tone carries the brisk treatment of Charlie Parker's "Billie's Bounce," though he inserts a few humorous quotes into his solo as well. Two versions of the standard "Easy Living" are played at a loping tempo in a heartfelt manner, though the master is a tad better in its execution. The familiar bop vehicle "Four" (usually credited to Miles Davis, though this CD acknowledges Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson as its more likely composer) explodes in a furious performance. Gordon wrote the Latin-flavored "Catalonian Nights" especially for Montoliu, while the tenorist's "Benji's Bounce" is a lively, thinly disguised reworking of Thelonious Monk's "Rhythm-a-Ning" (which is itself based on the changes to "I Got Rhythm"). ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Name Credits Billy Higgins Drums Dexter Gordon Sax (Tenor), Group Member Freddy Hansson Engineer JøRgen Frigard Liner Notes Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Bass, Group Member Nils Winther Producer, Photography Per Grunnet Cover Design Tete Montoliu Group Member, Piano