Lossless Album - CD Box Set

From the mid-'40s to his death in 1990, Dexter Gordon had an extraordinary career, ranging from a lengthy prison term to an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Round Midnight. Throughout it all, Gordon embodied bop and classic modern jazz-hard swinging, acoustic improvisation on the changes of standards. He recorded for Prestige between 1965 and 1973, years when he was living in Europe and largely out of the American spotlight, but his annual visits home produced a treasure trove of hard bop. Leading a series of quartets and quintets made up of New York's finest, Gordon is absolutely magisterial here, from the special bullying warmth of his ballad playing to his authoritative command on blues and bop tunes, often sprinkled with witty quotations. Among his partners here are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Thad Jones and some superb pianists, including Bobby Timmons, Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, and Hank Jones, but his encounters with fellow tenor saxophonists bring out the most in Gordon, as he matches power and fluency with Gene Ammons, James Moody, Booker Ervin and- in a 1950 recording--his early partner Wardell Gray. The 11-CD set is a monument to a giant.

Collective Personnel:

Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone), Wardell Gray (tenor saxophone), Clark Terry (trumpet), Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Jimmy Bunn (piano), Billy Hadnott (bass), Chuck Thompson (drums), Martin Banks (trumpet), Richard Boone (trombone), Dolo Coker (piano), Charles Green (bass), Larance Marable (drums), Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone), Jaki Byard (piano), Reggie Workman (bass), Alan Dawson (drums), James Moody (tenor saxophone), Barry Harris (piano), Buster Williams (bass), Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums), Bobby Timmons (piano), Victor Gaskin (bass), Percy Brice (drums), Junior Mance (piano), Martin Rivera (bass), Oliver Jackson (drums), Tommy Flanagan (piano),, Larry Ridley (bass), Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone), John Young (piano), Cleveland Eaton (bass), Steve McCall (drums), Jodie Christian (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Wilbur Campbell (drums), Vi Redd (vocal), Wynton Kelly (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Roy Brooks (drums), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, flugelhorn), Cedar Walton (piano), Billy Higgins (drums), Thad Jones (trumpet, flugelhorn), Hank Jones (piano), Stanley Clarke (bass), Louis Hayes (drums), Hampton Hawes (piano, electric piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), Nat Adderley (cornet), Kenneth Nash (congas)

Tracklist

01-01-Move
01-02-Home Run
01-03-Dolo
01-04-Lovely Lisa
01-05-Affair In Havana
01-06-Jodi
01-07-Field Day
01-08-Setting The Pace

02-01-Dexter's Deck
02-02-Montmartre
02-03-Lady Bird
02-04-Sticky Wicket
02-05-Montmartre (Alternate)
02-06-Lady Bird (Alternate)

03-01-Sticky Wicket (Alternate)
03-02-Those Were The Days
03-03-Stanley The Steamer
03-04-The Rainbow People
03-05-Boston Bernie
03-06-Meditation
03-07-Fried Bananas
03-08-Dinner For One Please, James
03-09-Stanley The Steamer (Alternate)
03-10-The Rainbow People (Alternate)

04-01-Boston Bernie (Alternate)
04-02-Fried Bananas (Alternate)
04-03-Broadway
04-04-Boston Bernie
04-05-In A Sentimental Mood
04-06-Blues Up And Down

05-01-Rhythm-A-Ning
05-02-Misty
05-03-Love For Sale
05-04-Fried Bananas
05-05-Sophisticated Lady

06-01-Rhythm-A-Ning
06-02-Body And Soul
06-03-Blue Monk
06-04-The Panther
06-05-The Panther
06-06-Body And Soul
06-07-Valse Robin
06-08-Mrs. Miniver
06-09-The Christmas Song

07-01-Blues Walk
07-02-Valse Robin (Alternate)
07-03-Mrs. Miniver (Alternate)
07-04-Blues Walk (Alternate)
07-05-Polka Dots And Moonbeams
07-06-Wee Dot
07-07-The Happy Blues
07-08-Lonesome Lover Blues (Alternate)

08-01-Medley Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)-I Can't Get Started-My Funny Valentine-Misty
08-02-The Chase
08-03-Lonesome Lover Blues
08-04-Evergreenish
08-05-Rhythm-A-Ning
08-06-For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You)
08-07-If You Could See Me Now
08-08-Star Eyes
08-09-The Jumpin' Blues

09-01-Evergreenish (Alternate)
09-02-Rhythm-A-Ning (Alternate)
09-03-For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You) (Alternate)
09-04-Star Eyes (Alternate)
09-05-The Jumpin' Blues (Alternate)
09-06-Milestones
09-07-Scared To Be Alone
09-08-The Group
09-09-Days Of Wine And Roses
09-10-We See

10-01-Milestones (Alternate)
10-02-Scared To Be Alone (Alternate)
10-03-The Group (Alternate)
10-04-Ca'purange (Jungle Soul)
10-05-Tangerine
10-06-The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
10-07-What It Was
10-08-Airegin
10-09-Oh! Karen O
10-10-Airegin (Alternate)

11-01-August Blues
11-02-Gingerbread Boy
11-03-Blues A La Suisse
11-04-Some Other Spring
11-05-Secret Love
11-06-Tivoli
11-07-'Treux Bleu