Dexter Gordon - Music for Lovers

Title: Music for Lovers Artist: Dexter Gordon Release Date: 1/24/2006 Label: Blue Note, Blue Note Records Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 094634108126, 094634108157, 094634108225 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Soul Jazz, 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. Serenade in Blue
2. Love Locked Out
3. Where Are You?
4. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
5. Stairway to the Stars
6. Jodi
7. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
8. Who Can I Turn To?
9. As Time Goes By

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Blue Note 3410822 2006 CD Blue Note Records 41081 2004 CD Blue Note

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Most of these nine tunes were recorded between 1962 and 1965, with one cut, the final one, taken from a very late date in 1985 with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, and Pierre Michelot. Over the course of his career in jazz, Dexter Gordon became one of its greatest balladeers. These tunes, all standards save one original, showcase him in wonderfully intimate settings, allowing his true singing voice on the horn to shine through and express complex emotions through fairly simple arrangements. "Serenade in Blue" opens the set, and Gordon croons to Sir Charles Thompson's light-fingered chords and ostinati. On "Stairway to the Stars," with Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, and Michelot, Gordon digs into the melody and paints it with deep, resonant colors. The lone Gordon composition, "Jodi," with Freddie Hubbard, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins, is full of Dex's trademark tenderness and gentleness. This is a beautifully sequenced selection, one that plays to the saxophonist's greatest strength. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Lucas Bass Astrid Brucker Stylist Barry Harris Piano Billy Higgins Drums Bob Cranshaw Bass Bobby Hutcherson Vibraphone Bud Powell Piano Burton Yount Art Direction, Design Butch Warren Bass Dexter Gordon Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Author Donald Elfman Liner Notes Freddie Hubbard Trumpet Gordon Jee Creative Director Herbie Hancock Piano John McLaughlin Guitar Kenny Clarke Drums Kenshin Asano Hair Stylist Kurt Lundvall Mastering Michael Strelow Model Pierre Michelot Bass Richard Seidel Compilation Producer Rika Matsui Make-Up Sir Charles Thompson Piano Sonny Clark Piano Till krautkrämer Photography Willie Bobo Drums