Description
**THIS IS A VINYL LP**
Release Date: 2024
Label: Waxtime
Track List
Side A
- SILVER PLATED
- CRY ME A RIVER
- RHYTHM MAD
- DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME
- I HEAR MUSIC
Side B
- BONNA RUE
- I SHOULD CARE
- BLOWIN’ FOR DOOTSIE
- TENDERLY
Notes
Considered one of the very first bebop tenor saxophonists, Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) began playing clarinet at the tender age of seven. By the time he was fifteen the precocious tenorist had already played in bands with Chico Hamilton and Buddy Collette! He formed part of the Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong orchestras in the early forties, and joined the Billy Eckstine band and recorded with Charlie Parker in 1945. Gordon possessed a
very distinctive and profound sound.
In this 1955 session he is heard in a quartet and quintet formats, backed by CARL PERKINS, LEROY VINNEGAR, CHUCK THOMPSON, and JIMMY ROBINSON.
PERSONNEL:
DEXTER GORDON – (tenor sax)
CARL PERKINS – (piano)
LEROY VINNEGAR – (bass)
CHUCK THOMPSON – (drums)
JIMMY ROBINSON – (trumpet on A1, A3 & B1 only)
Hollywood, California, November 11-12, 1955.
