Title: The Classic Blue Note Recordings Artist: Dexter Gordon Release Date: 4/22/2003 Label: Blue Note Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 724358065824, 0724358065855 Genre: Jazz Style: Hard Bop 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: 2

1. Soy Califa
2. I'm a Fool to Want You
3. Hanky Panky
4. Darn That Dream
5. A Night in Tunisia
6. Cheese Cake
7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
8. McSplivens
9. Society Red

1. Heartaches
2. Three O'Clock in the Morning
3. Don't Explain
4. It's You or No One
5. Modal Mood
6. Ernie's Tune
7. Broadway
8. You've Changed
9. Second Balcony Jump

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Blue Note 80658

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A master of the tenor sax in the small-group bop setting, Dexter Gordon's marvelous tone, elegant lead lines, and deliberate behind-the-beat phrasing made him an obvious influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, among others, and although his body of work is much lauded, he still manages to be somehow underappreciated in the pantheon of great tenor sax players. Beset with drug and other personal problems throughout his career, Gordon had several "comebacks," but none more striking than his 1961 to 1965 sojourn with Blue Note Records, a period that produced Gordon's best work. Gordon released nine albums for the label in the early '60s, and this two-disc, 18-track compilation takes cuts from such stellar LPs as Clubhouse, Our Man in Paris, One Flight Up, and Go! to make a nice overview of the Blue Note years. The consistency on display here is startling, and if Gordon wasn't as openly exploratory as Coltrane or Rollins, he didn't really need to be. He knew the pocket and he knew when to move it. Barring purchasing all of Gordon's Blue Note albums individually (which isn't currently possible -- Blue Note really should reissue all of them), picking up this set is probably the next best thing. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Harewood Drums Alfred Lion Original Session Producer Barry Harris Piano Billy Higgins Drums Bob Cranshaw Bass Bobby Hutcherson Vibraphone Bruce Lundvall Liner Notes Bud Powell Piano Butch Warren Bass Dexter Gordon Sax (Tenor) Freddie Hubbard Trumpet George Tucker Bass Horace Parlan Piano Joe Craig Jones Drums Kenny Clarke Drums Kenny Drew Piano Maxine Gordon Compilation Producer, Liner Notes Michael Cuscuna Liner Notes, Compilation Producer Patrick Roques Art Direction Philly Joe Jones Drums Pierre Michelot Bass Ron McMaster Mastering Rudy Van Gelder Engineer Sonny Clark Piano