Dexter Gordon - Mosaic Select
Artist : Dexter Gordon
Album : Mosaic Select
Year : 2004
Genre : Jazz
Source : CDDA
Label : Mosaic Records
CatNr : MS-014
URL : www.mosaicrecords.com
Date : 14-12-2008
Quality : VBR
Size : 277,8 MB
Time : 208:2
cd1
01 it's you or no one 10:29
02 sophisticated lady 12:36
03 antabus 07:44
04 easy living 17:22
05 backstairs ltd 19:12
cd2
01 the panther 17:14
02 tangerine 13:13
03 more than you know 11:15
04 gingerbread boy 12:37
05 come rain or come shine 19:17
cd3
01 you've changed 18:37
02 body and soul 17:03
03 i told you so 13:42
04 as time goes by 18:08
He Meant Every Note
Every great jazz soloist has sought the musicians who will come together
with some indefinable empathy and form the perfect setting for his
artistic voice. Some found it once; a handful were lucky enough to find
it twice; many never found it at all. Dexter Gordon had to wait until
his thirty-eighth year as a professional musician, when he formed his
first real working group, an extraordinary quartet with pianist George
Cables, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Eddie Gladden that proved the
ideal vehicle for his muscular, lyrical, hard-swinging brand of jazz.
In the 40s, Dexter Gordon made music with all other great be-bop
pioneers (Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Fats Navarro et al.) and forged
his own truly original style, blending the language with Charlie Parker
with the lyrical intellect of Lester Young.
While others put together working bands, Dexter was the bi-coastal tenor
saxophone star who might be on 52nd Street with Bird and Miles one week
and on Central Avenue with Wardell Gray the next. His nomadic ways
carried on through his years in Europe (1962-77).
In 1977, he came home to a high-profile deal with Columbia Records and
played to SRO audience at clubs around the country. Starting his own
group became an inevitability. He, Cables, Reid and Gladden clicked
immediately and so began one of the greatest and most rewarding chapters
of Dexter's long musical career.
Unfortunately, this quartet made only one studio album in its two years
of existence. But they toured the country constantly and their many
appearances at San Francisco's Keystone Korner, which were informally
recorded, have yielded these three CDs, originally issued as Nights At
The Keystone on Blue Note. Culled from three weeks worth of performances
at one of Dexter's favorite clubs, this set represents three hours and
15 minutes of Dexter at his peak, propelled by a brilliant, empathetic
rhythm section.
(www.mosaicrecords.com)
Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone; George Cables, piano; Rufus Reid, bass;
Eddie Gladden, drums.
Recorded live at the Keystone Korner, San Francisco
Recorded on May 13, May 16, September 16, September 17, 1978 and March
23, March 24, March 27, 1979
Produced by Todd Barkan
Original recordings by Rich McKean and Mark Romero
Sound restoration and transfer: Malcolm Addey
Mastering by Kurt Lundvall
Disc One (#1-4) and Disc Two (#2,3 & 5) were originally issued as the
double LP Nights At The Keystone (Blue Note BABB 85112)
All material also issued on Blue Note CD B2-94848 (disc one), B2-94849
(disc two) and B2-94850 (disc three) as Nights At The Keystone, volumes
one through three.