Dexter Calling...
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dexter Calling... |
| type | Album |
| artist | Dexter Gordon |
| cover | Dexter Calling.jpg |
| released | End of January 1962 |
| recorded | May 9, 1961 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 37:54 |
| label | Blue Note |
| BST 84083 | |
| producer | Alfred Lion |
| chronology | Dexter Gordon |
| prev_title | Doin' Allright |
| prev_year | 1961 |
| next_title | Landslide |
| next_year | 1961-62 |
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| name = Dexter Calling... | type = Album | artist = Dexter Gordon | cover = Dexter Calling.jpg | alt = | released = End of January 1962 | recorded = May 9, 1961 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 37:54 | label = Blue Note BST 84083 | producer = Alfred Lion | chronology = Dexter Gordon | prev_title = Doin' Allright | prev_year = 1961 | next_title = Landslide | next_year = 1961-62
Dexter Calling... is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label in 1962. "Soul Sister", "I Want More" and "Ernie's Tune" were written for the Los Angeles production of the play The Connection by Jack Gelber in 1960. Dexter Calling was Gordon's second album for Blue Note, and was recorded three days after Doin' Allright, his first album for the label.
Reception
The Billboard Reviewer called the album "solid jazz wax" and noted that it featured "some fine blowing by the tenor saxist".
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "Dexter Gordon's second recording for the Blue Note label is a solidly swinging affair, yet constantly full of surprises... The excellent band, solid musicianship, and memorable music on every track make this one of the more essential recordings of Gordon's career". | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev2Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 87 |rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev3score =
Track listing
All compositions by Dexter Gordon except as indicated
- "Soul Sister" - 7:45
- "Modal Mood" (Kenny Drew) - 5:23
- "I Want More" - 5:20
- "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) - 6:53
- "Clear the Dex" (Kenny Drew) - 4:54
- "Ernie's Tune" - 4:16
- "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) - 3:23
- "Landslide" - 5:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
The bonus track does not appear on the Blue Note 2015 remastered digital media release.
Personnel
References
References
- (1959-11-16). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4083 Dexter Gordon discography] accessed November 2, 2010.
- Billboard]]'': January 20, 1962.
- Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
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