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Thursday Night Live:

'Homecoming' Dexter Gordon

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Page added Aug 30, 2012 Updated Sep 8, 2012

'Homecoming', the 1976 recording from Dexter Gordon that marked his return to the US after a 14year stint in Europe.

Tracks in this feature

1. 'Gingerbread Boy'
2. 'Little Red's Fantasy'
3. ''Round Midnight'
4. 'Fried Bananas'
5. 'Body and Soul'

In the band

Dexter Gordon; tenor saxophone
Woody Shaw; trumpet, flugelhorn
Ronnie Mathews; piano
Stafford James; bass
Louis Hayes; drums

Recorded: December 11 and 12, 1976

Village Vanguard, New York

CD: Homecoming (Columbia C2K 46824)

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Dexter Gordon

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Sep 6, 2012. 9:00pm - 10:00pm

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Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was among the earliest tenor players to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the instrument. His studio and live performance career spanned over 40 years. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall...

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