A. educator Lloyd Reese, Gordon joined Hampton in December 1940, two months before his 18th birthday. While on the continent, he was in peak form and Gordon’s many SteepleChase recordings rank with the finest work of his career. A slick klook-a-mop figure on the hi-hat and a tasty Hawes intro escort Gordon into the theme, and without further ado, boosted by Clarke’s crisp, inventive timekeeping, he essays a joyous declamation.

Note that the notes have been continuously modified since the lectures have taken place, and do not necessarily accurately reflect what the lecturer said or thought. Next, Dexter sent wool mittens to the same place, where Asian merchants bought them for export to Siberia. Here he draws on bop and blues roots, playing with great imagination, intensity, and finesse on a hopelessly out-of-tune piano.The title track is another name for John Coltrane’s “Some Other Blues,” which Sjøgren cites Gordon playing on two gigs the previous November. S. government made good on its notes at one percent of face value, while Massachusetts paid its own notes at par.

Most of Dexter Gordon’s recordings for Savoy, Dial, Bethlehem, Dootone, Jazzland, Blue Note, SteepleChase, Black Lion, Prestige, Columbia, Who’s Who, Chiaroscuro, and Elektra Musician are currently available. Not a particularly amazing note here by any means, but I'm hearing this spoken bit get as low as D2 on "quaTRO cinco cinco seis".Fixed the bug where the police car would appear in front of the police station, instead of the lot the the killings happened. Dexter loves going in our secure paddock area and playing on the agility equipment – he is actually really good at it! Recording with Jay McShann in 1941 for Decca, Bird introduced his concept to the world with pungent solos on “The Jumping Blues” and “Hootie Blues. Instead of just adding the code that lets you put dex into the inventory, I replaced it with the base.