Setting the Pace
title: "Setting the Pace" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1965-albums", "prestige-records-albums", "booker-ervin-albums", "dexter-gordon-albums", "albums-produced-by-don-schlitten"] topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setting_the_Pace" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Setting the Pace |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Booker Ervin with Dexter Gordon |
| cover | Setting the Pace.jpg |
| released | December 1966 |
| recorded | October 27, 1965 |
| Munich, West Germany | |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 41:36 |
| label | Prestige |
| PR 7455 | |
| producer | Don Schlitten |
| chronology | Booker Ervin |
| prev_title | The Trance |
| prev_year | 1965 |
| next_title | Heavy!!! |
| next_year | 1966 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Dexter Gordon |
| type | Studio |
| prev_title | Gettin' Around |
| prev_year | 1966 |
| title | Setting the Pace |
| year | 1966 |
| next_title | Stella by Starlight |
| next_year | 1965 |
| :: |
| name = Setting the Pace | type = Studio | artist = Booker Ervin with Dexter Gordon | cover = Setting the Pace.jpg | alt = | released = December 1966 | recorded = October 27, 1965 Munich, West Germany | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 41:36 | label = Prestige PR 7455 | producer = Don Schlitten | chronology = Booker Ervin | prev_title = The Trance | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = Heavy!!! | next_year = 1966 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Dexter Gordon | type = Studio | prev_title = Gettin' Around | prev_year = 1966 | title = Setting the Pace | year = 1966 | next_title = Stella by Starlight | next_year = 1965 | 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 |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen |url-access=registration | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 72 |rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev3score = Setting the Pace is an album by saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Booker Ervin recorded in Munich in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "Although Gordon is in good form, Ervin (who sometimes takes the music outside) wins honors".
Track listing
- "Setting the Pace" (Dexter Gordon) – 19:09
- "Dexter's Deck" (Dexter Gordon) – 22:47
- "The Trance" (Booker Ervin) – 19:37
- "Speak Low" (Weil-Nash) – 15:06
Tracks 3 and 4 were added to the 1992 digital remaster of "Setting The Pace"; originally released on "The Trance"
Personnel
- Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
- Jaki Byard – piano
- Reggie Workman – bass
- Alan Dawson – drums
Recorded in Munich, Germany. October 27, 1965. Digital remastering, 1992 by Phil De Lancie
References
References
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=ACkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=booker+ervin+setting+the+pace&pg=PA45 ''Billboard'' December 17, 1966]
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#prestige-pr-7455 Dexter Gordon discography] accessed March 21, 2013
- Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/setting-the-pace-mw0000618241 Allmusic Review] accessed March 21, 2013
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