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Ballads by Dexter Gordon (CD, 1991)

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Product Identifiers

Producer
Michael Cuscuna^Todd Barkan
Record Label
Blue Note Records
UPC
0077779657926
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22046040738

Product Key Features

Artist
Dexter Gordon
Format
CD
Release Year
1991
Release Title
Ballads
Genre
Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo

Dimensions

Item Length
5.60in
Item Height
0.40in
Item Width
4.90in
Item Weight
0.20lb.

Additional Product Features

Label
Blun
Number of Discs
1
Notes
The reputation of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was destined to be overshadowed by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, not to mention the three titans of the previous era-Ben Webster, Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins. This wouldn't matter so much if Gordon wasn't a musician of the first rank himself. Indeed, Coltrane initially derived much of his hard, piercing sound from the older bop player. Part of the problem is that there isn't one key Dexter Gordon album that crystallizes his achievement, not like Rollin's Saxophone Colossus or Coltrane's Giant Steps or A Love Supreme. Ballads partially fills this gap and is an excellent introduction to Gordon's tenor artistry. Compiled from a number of mostly '60s Blue Note sessions, these familiar standards, including Billie's "Don't Explain" and Sinatra's "I'm A Fool To Want You," are given long and bracing workouts in the modern tenor style. Underrated Gordon might have been, but he was never outdated. The grand finale is an electrifying 16-minute "Body And Soul," recorded live in 1978, which includes a nearly 4-minute unaccompanied cadenza.
Tracks
1.1 Darn That Dream 1.2 Don't Explain 1.3 I'm a Fool to Want You 1.4 Ernie's Tune 1.5 You've Changed 1.6 Willow Weep for Me 1.7 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry 1.8 Body and Soul
Number of Tracks
8

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5 out of 5 stars
by snuffles4funMar 02, 2017
I could not have been more pleased with this my first taste of Dexter Gordon. Thanks heavens I found him after so long without him.
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by 4zzS1JG6R52@Del...Dec 25, 2010
Ballads by Dexter Gordon - Great
This is one of the best CD's I have ever purchased. The smooth jazz ballads and really great fidelity are fantastic. Buy it for this price if you can. With godd speakers this is a real find.

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