Dexter Gordon "Manhattan Symphonie" (1978)

Manhattan Symphonie
release date: 1978
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5]

Tracklist: 1. "As Time Goes By" (5 / 5) - 2. "Moment's Notice" (5 / 5) - 3. "Tanya" - 4. "Body and Soul" (4 / 5) - 5. "I Told You So" - 6. "Ltd"

A late studio album by Dexter Gordon. This was the first full album I heard with Dexter Gordon back in the 1980s. I found it at the local library and kept it on cassette for many years until finally finding it on cd. Although, I found several other albums, this remains one of my favourites by Long Tall Dexter. Together with Gettin' Around (1966), and his appearance in the soundtrack (as well as the major part in the French movie) "Round Midnight" (1986, directed by Bertrand Tavernier) this contains some of his best recordings.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]

Dexter Gordon "Gettin' Around" (1966)

Gettin' Around
release date: 1966
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5]

Tracklist: 1. "Manhã de Carnaval" - 2. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" - 3. "Heartaches" - 4. "Shiny Stockings" - 5. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - 6. "Le coiffeur" - 7. "Very Saxily Yours" (Bonus track) - 8. "Flick of a Trick" (Bonus track)

A studio album by Dexter Gordon. It was recorded in 1965 at the lengendary Van Gelder Studio and released in 1966. The 1987 remastered cd version contains two extra tracks from the same recording session. It's not my first Dexter Gordon album but it really falls in the great ones' category. He is one of my absolute favourite jazz artists, and perhaps the first I adored of the genre. The album is recorded and released in his home country but at this point he lived almost permanently, either in Paris or Copenhagen. It contains the type of music, I guess, people in Europe loved him for - cool, emotional, laid back, and... passionate. Absolutely wonderful.

1966 Favourite releases: 1. Otis Redding Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul - 2. Dexter Gordon Gettin' Around - 3. Astrud Gilberto Look to the Rainbow

Dexter Gordon "Go!" (1962)

Go!

release date: Aug. 27, 1962

format: digital (1999 remaster) / vinyl (2021 reissue)

[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,88]

producer: Alfred Lion

label: Blue Note / Ermitage (vinyl) - nationality: USA

Studio album by Dexter Gordon recorded by Rudy Van Gelder featuring Gordon on tenor sax with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. The album is one of Gordon's most acclaimed albums.

2021 vinyl reissue