TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.5515
Dexter Gordon Album Rankings
1
Go (3.5196)From the first moments when Dexter Gordon sails into the opening song full of brightness and confidence, it is obvious thatGo!is going to be one of those albums where everything just seems to come tog
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2
Taken from three separate sessions from 1945-'47,Dexter Rides Againshowcases prime bebop sides Gordon cut for Savoy.
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3
Tenor-saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded three CD's worth of material during a two-day period at Copenhagen's legendary Montmartre Club;Take the 'A' TrainandBoth Sides of Midnighthave also been releas
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4
The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessionsis an attractive six-disc box set featuring all of Dexter Gordon's '60s recordings for the label in chronological order.
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5
Like Art Pepper's, Dexter Gordon's high-grade productive later career was blessed with the presence of marvellous George Cables on piano.
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6
The late Dexter Gordon was one of the momentous jazz instrumentalists.
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8
Dex goes to Europe and hooks up with bop legends Bud Powell , piano and Kenny Clarke , drums. Fine set with excellent late-period Powell.
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10
Three Dexter Gordon CD's (which are also available separately) are housed in this particular Black Lion box.
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13
Dexter Gordon and his 1964 Quartet (with pianist Tete Montoliu, bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and drummer Alex Riel) broadcast from the Montmartre Club in Copenhagen on six occasions and all
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15
Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon is accompanied by an all-star rhythm section (pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels Pederson and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath) on this enjoyable club recording from Copen
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27
Decent late-period Dex with support from Woody Shaw , Art Blakey and guitarist George Benson .
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31
One of only two Dexter Gordon recordings from the 1953-1959 period, this Bethlehem set (reissued on CD through Evidence) is a fine jam session-flavored date featuring the tenor with pianist Kenny Dre
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32
The great tenor Dexter Gordon made so many consistently enjoyable straightahead recordings during 1960-78 that it is difficult to come up with any sets that are not recommended to fans of bebop.
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35
Dexter Gordon provided a crucial link in the evolution of the tenor saxophone; during the mid-Forties he was the first to bring the language of be-bop into synthesis with the already grand tenor tradi
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37
Dexter with a string orchestra, always a dicey addition in jazz. Outstanding version of Coltrane 's "Naima," though.
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40
This excellent Columbia album was recorded less than a year after Dexter Gordon's well-publicized tour of the United States following a dozen years spent living in Europe.
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41
Dexter Gordon is in frequently exuberant form on this quartet session with pianist Horace Parlan, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Tony Inzalaco.
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42
Dexter Gordon meets up with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Barry Harris, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Billy Higgins on this excellent hard bop date.
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48
Having Dexter Gordon back home, where he has been able to blow his tenor sax prolifically on tour and in the recording studio, has raised the level of be-bop-derived discourse substantially.
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49
The title of this Blue Note set fit perfectly at the time, for tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was making the first of three successful comebacks.
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50
Tower Of Power,the third LP by the 11-man Oakland aggregation, earns high marks for both its up-tempo riff tunes and the ballads that have won the group acceptance on both Top 40 and soul stations.
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51
Having Dexter Gordon back home, where he has been able to blow his tenor sax prolifically on tour and in the recording studio, has raised the level of be-bop-derived discourse substantially.
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52
This is the one with the classic modal leg-stretcher "Tanya." With trumpeter Donald Byrd , sounding sincere. Primo.
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56
Recorded at the same two sessions that also resulted in The Tower of Power (a title that predated the R&B group), this set features tenor-great Dexter Gordon in the middle of one of his infrequent vi
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