Doin' Allright
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Doin' Allright |
| type | Album |
| artist | Dexter Gordon |
| cover | Doin' Allright.jpg |
| released | August 1961 |
| recorded | May 6, 1961 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 41:03 original LP |
| 53:34 CD reissue | |
| label | Blue Note |
| BST 84077 | |
| producer | Alfred Lion |
| chronology | Dexter Gordon |
| prev_title | The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon |
| prev_year | 1960 |
| next_title | Dexter Calling... |
| next_year | 1961 |
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| name = Doin' Allright | type = Album | artist = Dexter Gordon | cover = Doin' Allright.jpg | alt = | released = August 1961 | recorded = May 6, 1961 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 41:03 original LP 53:34 CD reissue | label = Blue Note BST 84077 | producer = Alfred Lion | chronology = Dexter Gordon | prev_title = The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = Dexter Calling... | next_year = 1961
Doin' Allright is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.
Reception
| 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 = The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stating "The title of this Blue Note set, Doin' Allright, fit perfectly at the time, for tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was making the first of three successful comebacks. Largely neglected during the 1950s, Gordon's Blue Note recordings (of which this was the first) led to his "rediscovery".
Track listing
:All compositions by Dexter Gordon except as indicated
- "I Was Doing All Right" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 9:18
- "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) - 7:26
- "For Regulars Only" - 5:45
- "Society Red" - 12:21
- "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 6:13
- "I Want More" - 6:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "For Regulars Only" [Alternate take] - 6:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
- Horace Parlan - piano
- George Tucker - bass
- Al Harewood - drums
References
References
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=GCEEAAAAMBAJ&q=Dexter+gordon+All+right+4077&pg=PT27 ''Billboard'' Aug 21, 1961]
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4077 Dexter Gordon discography] accessed November 2, 2010
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic
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