One Flight Up
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | One Flight Up |
| type | Album |
| artist | Dexter Gordon |
| cover | One Flight Up.jpg |
| released | Mid September 1965 |
| recorded | June 2, 1964 |
| CBS Studios, Paris | |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 37:05 original LP |
| 48:07 CD reissue | |
| label | Blue Note |
| BLP 4176 | |
| producer | Francis Wolff |
| prev_title | A Swingin' Affair |
| prev_year | 1964 |
| next_title | Gettin' Around |
| next_year | 1966 |
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| name = One Flight Up | type = Album | artist = Dexter Gordon | cover = One Flight Up.jpg | alt = | released = Mid September 1965 | recorded = June 2, 1964 CBS Studios, Paris | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 37:05 original LP 48:07 CD reissue | label = Blue Note BLP 4176 | producer = Francis Wolff | chronology = | prev_title = A Swingin' Affair | prev_year = 1964 | next_title = Gettin' Around | next_year = 1966
One Flight Up is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded on June 2, 1964, in Paris and released on Blue Note the following year. The session featured Donald Byrd on trumpet, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and drummer Art Taylor.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "One Flight Up stands as a testament to Dexter Gordon's viability as a bandleader and teammate, while his individualism is somewhat sublimated. It's a good listen to digest all the way through, especially if you are as patient as the performers, who have a lot to say". | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = Down Beat |rev2Score = |rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev3Score = {{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 |rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev4score =
The LondonJazzCollector remarks upon Gordon's role in encouraging young talent and seasoned pros alike to stretch themselves, stating "it’s great to find [Gordon] give lots of space to the other players, particularly in the Byrd-penned “Tanya” which occupies all of side one. Dexter is quietly restrained, Byrd plays to Hubbard, Drew plays to Pearson and Hancock, Taylor mixes Blakey with a touch of Williams, and NHOP [Pedersen] walks dreamlike through the 18 minute space."
Track listing
Original release
:{{Track listing | all_writing = | headline = Side one | title1 = Tanya | length1 = 18:18 | writer1 = Donald Byrd | total_length = 18:18 | headline = Side two | title1 = Coppin' the Haven | length1 = 11:17 | writer1 = Kenny Drew | title2 = Darn That Dream | length2 = 7:30 | writer2 = | total_length = 18:47 37:05
CD reissue
:{{Track listing | all_writing = Dexter Gordon except as indicated. | title1 = Tanya | length1 = 18:18 | writer1 = Byrd | title2 = Coppin' the Haven | length2 = 11:17 | writer2 = Drew | title3 = Darn That Dream | length3 = 7:30 | writer3 = | title4 = Kong Neptune | length4 = 11:02 | total_length = 48:07
Personnel
- Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
- Donald Byrd – trumpet (tracks 1 & 2)
- Kenny Drew – piano
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
References
References
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=RCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Dexter+gordon+Flight+Up&pg=PA41 ''Billboard'' Sept 4, 1965]
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4176 Dexter Gordon discography] accessed November 22, 2010
- Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic
- [[Down Beat]]: November 18, 1965 vol. 32, no. 24
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- (11 September 2014). "Dexter Gordon: One Flight up (1964) Blue Note".
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