Dexter Gordon Come Rain or Come Shine Full Album 1967

1 Doxy 2 Misty 3 For All We Know 4 But Not for Me 5 Come Rain or Come Shine 6 There Will Never Be Another You Dexter Gordon is a legendary figure in jazz for many reasons. He was among the first to transfer the characteristics and style of bebop innovator Charlie Parker to the tenor saxophone. His career spanned from 1940 until his death in 1990. He played the lead role in the French, American film Round Midnight in 1986 (and got an Oscar nomination). He possessed one of the biggest, most durable, romantic (without being soppy), swaggering (without excess) and recognizable tenor sounds in jazz history. No innovator, but a stylist of the highest order. This wonderfully recorded set captures Gordon in live performance in 67, in his thenhometown of Copenhagen, backed by a band that he worked with frequently (so much so their interplay is practically telepathic): pianist Kenny Drew, drummer Al Tootie Heath, and Eurobassace NielsHenning Orsted Pedersen.