Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up [Remaster]

Artist:

Gordon, Dexter

UPC:

724359650524

See Also:

Ellington, Duke Monk, Thelonious Blakey, Art

Description:

Personnel: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Dexter Gordon; Donald Byrd (trumpet); Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass instrument); Kenny Drew (piano); Art Taylor (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder.
Liner Note Authors: Leonard Feather; Bob Blumenthal.
Recording information: CBS Studios, Paris France (06/02/1964).
Photographer: Francis Wolff.
Again one wonders: where would jazz have gone without the advent of the LP? Certainly not down the path that brought us the 18-minute "Tanya," which originally took up the entire first side of Dexter Gordon`s second expatriate album for Blue Note in 1964. Based in Copenhagen since 1962, Gordon assembled a group in Paris for this session, including fellow Americans-abroad Kenny Drew, Donald Byrd and Art Taylor. It`s Byrd who contributes "Tanya," a cross-pollination of Blue Note smolder and then-the-rage modal perspective.
Gordon takes his time stretching out over the forms, which are particularly drawn out to begin with. Drew`s "Coppin` the Haven" is a more concise continuation of the effort to reconcile the modal approach with the use of more bop-like changes. "Darn That Dream," a ballad feature for the leader, is done as a quartet, as is the one Gordon composition "Kong Neptune," a track not released on the original LP. A particularly interesting aspect of this disc is the chance to hear bassist Niels--Henning Orsted Pedersen making one of his earliest recorded appearances.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Tanya
2. Coppin` the Haven
3. Darn That Dream
4. Kong Neptune - (previously unreleased, bonus track)

Album Information

Release Date:

08/10/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Tenor Sax

Label:

Blue Note

Producer:

Francis Wolff; Francis Wolff; Michael Cuscuna (Reissue)

Catalog Number:

96505

Original Release Year:

1964

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Donald Byrd; Kenny Drew; Art Taylor; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen

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