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Dexter Gordon Quartet

Title: In Iowa 1979

Label: Impro-Jazz

Cat No:DVDIJ547
Format:DVD

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o This performance, released on DVD for the first time, and recorded live in Iowa in 1979, showcases Dexter Gordon’s abundant musical talent in an intimate quartet setting with pianist George Cables, drummer Eddie Gladen and bassist Rufus Reid. (Another set by Dexter Gordon with this group can be found on DVDIJ 529).

o Dexter is heard on four extended tunes, the standards “It’s You or No One” and “Alone Together” (on which, unusually, he plays soprano sax), and two self-composed originals : “Backstairs” and “The Panther”. Total Time: 60 min. approx. - Colour / Stereo

o Considered one of the very first bebop tenor saxophonists, Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) played in the Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong orchestras in the early forties; joined the Billy Eckstine band and recorded with Charlie Parker in 1945. Gordon possessed a very distinctive and profound sound.

o Some of the best-remembered moments of his great career were his tenor battles with fellow tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray from 1947 to 1952 and his leading role as an actor in the film “Round Midnight” in 1986, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Track Listing for In Iowa 1979
01. IT’S YOU OR NO ONE 10:32
(Sammy Cahn-Jule Styne)
02. THE PANTHER 16:11
(Dexter Gordon)
03. ALONE TOGETHER 19:12
(Howard Dietz-Arthur Schwartz)
04. BACKSTAIRS 14:15
(Dexter Gordon)

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In Iowa 1979