Title: The Essential Artist: Dexter Gordon Release Date: 6/3/2003 Label: EMI Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 766482096145, 724358219128 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: 1

1. It's You or No One
2. Society Red
3. Smile
4. Cheese Cake
5. Three O'Clock in the Morning
6. Soy Califa
7. Don't Explain
8. Tanya

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD EMI 582191 2003 CD EMI 582191

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EMI's volume on Dexter Gordon in The Essential series compiles eight tracks from his Blue Note recordings, a period during the early '60s when Gordon was at his most fruitful. The disc includes two titles each from three of his finest LPs -- Go!, A Swingin' Affair, Doin' Allright -- and works surprisingly well as a compilation. The same contents were first released by Capitol in 1988 as The Best of Dexter Gordon: The Blue Note Years; this disc appears to have been released merely to have a copy-controlled version in the racks. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Dexter Gordon Sax (Tenor) Michael Cuscuna Compilation Producer Michael Feldman Liner Notes