Dexter Gordon - Live in San Francisco DVD 2007 Live at the Maintenance Shop, San Francisco 1979 / George Cables, Rufus Reid, Eddie Gladen / Impro-Jazz

UPC 8436028695294

MADE IN EU

REGION 0 PAL DVD (All regions)

Audio: English 2.0

Total Runtime: 58 minutes

English Summary:

Live at the Maintenance Shop, San Francisco, 1979
Personnel: Dexter Gordon (ts), George Cables (p), Rufus Reid (b) & Eddie Gladen (d)

Tracklist / Song list:

1. On Green Dolphin Street (16:50)

2. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (16:51),

3. Tanya (23:27)

The performance on this new DVD showcases Dexter Gordon’s many talents in an intimate quartet setting at San Francisco’s Maintenance Shop; a club that also witnessed one of the last filmed performances by pianist Bill Evans. Dexter is heard on three extended tunes, the standards “On Green Dolphin Street” and “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” and a song by Donald Byrd, entitled “Tanya”, which Gordon first recorded with the trumpeter himself for the quintet album “One Flight Up” in 1964.

Considered one of the very first Bebop tenor saxophonists, Dexter Gordon began playing clarinet at the tender age of seven. By the time he was fifteen the precocious tenorist had already played in bands with Chico Hamilton and Buddy Collette! He formed part of the Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong orchestras in the early forties, and joined the Billy Eckstine band and recorded with Charlie Parker in 1945. Gordon possessed a very distinctive and profound sound. Some of the best-remembered moments of his superlative career were his tenor battles with fellow tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray from 1947 to 1952 and his leading role as an actor in the film 'Round Midnight in 1986, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The performance included on this DVD showcases Gordon's many talents in an intimate quartet setting at San Francisco's Maintenance Shop; a club that also witnessed one of the last filmed performances by pianist Bill Evans. Dexter is heard on three extended tunes.