Great Encounters

Dexter Gordon

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Great Encounters Review

by Scott Yanow

The two great tenors, Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin, battle it out on in exciting fashion on live versions of "Blues Up and Down" and "Cake." Bop singer Eddie Jefferson and trumpeter Woody Shaw join Gordon and his quartet (pianist George Cables, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Eddie Gladden) on "Diggin' In" and "It's Only a Paper Moon" and Gordon takes Thelonious Monk's ballad "Ruby My Dear" as his feature. Everything works quite well on this diverse but consistent LP, one of Dexter Gordon's later efforts.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Blues Up and Down
Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt
Dexter Gordon 14:06 SpotifyAmazon
2
Cake
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon 12:02 SpotifyAmazon
3
Diggin' It
Dexter Gordon / Eddie Jefferson
Dexter Gordon 04:49 SpotifyAmazon
4
Ruby, My Dear
Thelonious Monk
Dexter Gordon 08:41 SpotifyAmazon
5
It's Only a Paper Moon
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg / Billy Rose
Dexter Gordon 05:07 SpotifyAmazon
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