Dexter Blows

15 original albums with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Buck Clayton, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Parker, Gene Ammons, Wardell Grey, Melba Liston, Ben Webster, Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Hampton Hawes, Billy Higgins, Max Roach, Billy Eckstine and Herbie Hancock, among others…

Dexter Gordon - A Gordon Cantata (1978) {West Wind ‎WW 2079 rel 1998}
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© 1978, 1998 West Wind ‎| WW 2079
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Saxophone

There are numerous recordings of Gordon's live concerts on the market, and the jazz community is the richer for it. The tenor saxophonist's mastery of technical facility, harmonic variation, his rich, warm tone, and his capacity for lyrical expression reached their fullest flower in live performance. A GORDON CANTATA, recorded in Rome in 1978, is no exception. Backed by a superb rhythm section that includes Rufus Reid on bass, Eddy Gladden on drums, and George Cables on piano (whose sharply rhythmic approach is shown off to fine effect here), Gordon blows through two lengthy tunes, each clocking in around the 20-minute mark.

Fats Navarro - Nostalgia (1947) {Savoy Jazz Japan SV-0123 rel 1991}
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© 1947, 1991 Savoy Jazz / Nippon Columbia Japan | SV-0123
Jazz / Bebop / Trumpet

Taken from three different, late-'40s sessions, Nostalgia features Navarro in the fine company of bebop stars like Dexter Gordon, Tadd Dameron, and Art Blakey. While looser sounding than the legendary sides the trumpeter cut for Blue Note, the tracks here still include the usual bevy of sharp Navarro solos, plus stellar contributions by all involved. The first session with tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse (one of the earliest recordings of the future Monk sideman), Dameron, and Blakey, finds Navarro mixing poised and fluid solo work with more intense high-note statements, demonstrating his masterful blend of both Miles Davis' cool approach and Dizzy Gillespie's incendiary technique.