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Go!/A Swingin' Affair Deluxe edition
Dexter Gordon
Go!/A Swingin' Affair Deluxe edition
Dexter Gordon
This release includes two complete consecutive 1962 masterpieces by the great Dexter Gordon: Go! Blue Note BST84112), and A Swingin' Affair (Blue Note BST84133). Both albums were made in the ourse of the same week and with the exact same quartet, which consisted of Sonny Clark on piano, utch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. Gordon wouldn't record another session with this same formation. Clark died in January of 1963 at the age of 31. The 2-CD set is filled with two further complete albums presenting Dexter with outstanding pianists: the quartet LP Dexter Calling (Blue ote BST84083), featuring Kenny Drew, and Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (Dootone DTL207), recorded ostly in a quartet format (Jimmy Robinson plays trumpet on just three tunes), with Carl Perkins at the piano.
DEXTER GORDON, tenor sax
On all tracks, plus:
CD1, 1-6: Go! / CD2, 1-6: A Swingin' Affair
SONNY CLARK, piano; BUTCH WARREN, bass;
BILLY HIGGINS, drums.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, August 27 (CD1, 1-6)
& August 29 (CD2, 1-6), 1962.
BONUS ALBUMS:
CD1, 7-15: Dexter Blows Hot and Cool
CARL PERKINS, piano; LEROY VINNEGAR, bass;
CHUCK THOMPSON, drums;
JIMMY ROBINSON, trumpet (on 7, 9 & 12 only).
Hollywood, California, November 11-12, 1955.
CD2, 7-13: Dexter Calling
KENNY DREW, piano; PAUL CHAMBERS, bass;
PHILLY JOE JONES, drums.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 9, 1961.
INCL. 16 PAGE BOOKLET
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | May 17, 2019 |
EAN/UPC | 8436569193938 |
Label | JAZZ IMAGES 38109 |
Genre | Jazz |
Dimensions | 125 × 141 × 15 mm · 121 g |
Track list
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1. CD
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2. CD