Dexter Gordon - Live At The Both And Club '1970

Artist	Dexter Gordon Related artists
Album name	Live At The Both And Club
Country
Date	1970
Genre	Jazz
Play time	75:51
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	179 MB(+3\%)
Price	Download $1.95

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Tracks list

Tracklist

1. Fried Bananas	9:27	
2. Blue Monk	13:03 
3. There Will Never Be Another You	12:18 
4. The Shadow Of Your Smile	10:34	
5. Wee Dot	6:23	
6. The Rainbow People	12:53 
7. Montmartre	11:13

Like many touring jazz artists, Dexter Gordon worked with local rhythm sections
on a regular basis to make him more affordable to nightclubs. On this evening in
1970 at the Both/And Club in San Francisco, the young pianist George Duke,
bassist Donald Garrett, and drummer Oliver Johnson were recruited to work with
the tenor saxophonist. After one afternoon rehearsal, Gordon was satisfied.
Although Duke had a strong jazz background, at the time he was playing boogaloo
music up the street and had also recently joined rockers Frank Zappa & the
Mothers of Invention, so he was hardly the typical bop pianist one associates
with Gordons recordings. But nothing bothered Gordon, as he let fly with long,
quote-filled renditions of gems like his Fried Bananas (based upon the changes
to the standard It Could Happen to You), Thelonious Monks Blue Monk, along with
a smoking romp through J.J. Johnsons Wee Dot. There are some lesser moments.
There Will Never Be Another You begins rather awkwardly, with both Garrett and
Johnson seeming unsure of their footing, though eventually order is restored by
the leader. The music on this live CD has been issued in various forms by
several labels, though this release is evidently more complete than its
predecessors. While the fidelity is hampered consistently with overmodulation of
the drums and other sonic difficulties, the energy of this live set enables it
to overcomes the audio shortcomings.