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The Best of Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon

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Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Ltd
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2
Body and Soul
Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
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3
Moontrane
Woody Shaw
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4
'Round Midnight
Bernie Hanighen / Thelonious Monk / Cootie Williams
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5
Red Top
Lionel Hampton / Ben Kynard
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The Best of Dexter Gordon

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  • A Day in Copenhagen
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  • Tangerine
  • Parisian Concert
  • The Meeting
  • The Apartment
  • Revelation
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  • Something Different
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  • More Than You Know
  • Lullaby for a Monster
  • Dexter Gordon Featuring Joe Newman
  • True Blue
  • Strings and Things
  • Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard
  • Midnight Dream
  • Biting the Apple
  • Great Encounters
  • Sophisticated Giant
  • Nights at the Keystone, Vol. 3
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The Best of Dexter Gordon Album Information

Release Date

1980

Genre

Jazz

Styles

Bop Hard Bop
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Album Themes

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