Name: Espace Cardin 1977
Brand: Dexter Gordon

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

5990531

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-10-26

Signed copies

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Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

8435395502327

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Dexter Gordon

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Elemental Music

Dexter Gordon was a renowned tenor saxophonist during the bebop era. Born on February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, he drew inspiration from influential tenor players of the 1930s and 1940s such as Lester Young, Herschel Evans, and Illinois Jacquet. With his distinctive sound and improvisational skills, Gordon made a significant impact on jazz music.

Throughout his career, Dexter Gordon collaborated with numerous talented musicians including Oliver Nelson, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Jackie McLean, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Joe Henderson, Clifford Brown and many more.

Gordon's legacy lives on through his timeless recordings and contributions to the jazz genre. His unique style continues to inspire aspiring musicians around the world.

A previously unreleased live recording by jazz legend Dexter Gordon, Espace Cardin 1977, available now on vinyl.

The inspired set captured on this record took place at the Espace Pierre Cardin (Théâtre de la Ville) in Paris in September 25, 1977. Sharing the stage with Dexter Gordon that night are the well-known rhythm section of French bassist Pierre Michelot and American drummer Kenny Clarke. What makes this performance unique is that it is the only known recording of Gordon playing with one of the stalwarts of bebop piano, Al Haig.

In a set that both celebrates and is grounded in jazz standards from “Body and Soul” to “’Round Midnight,” Gordon’s tenor saxophone with its rich, unmistakable tone dominates from the opening notes of his own composition, “Sticky Wicket,” which he laces with playful quotes including “Pop Goes the Weasel.” This tour de force continues with Gordon’s own fresh and inventive take on “Body and Soul,” one that owes a debt to John Coltrane’s earlier re-imaging of this most played of all modern jazz standards.

After a dashing whirl through Gordon’s own “Antabus,” this set concludes with a swinging, full-blooded rendition of Sonny Rollins’ “Oleo” in which the ever-mischievous Gordon adds another quote, this time from “Here Comes the Bride.” A quieter reading of Thelonious Monk’s immortal “’Round Midnight” by just the trio minus Gordon closes an impressive evening.

Espace Cardin 1977

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