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half drag 08-10-2009 10:14 AM

Funny, I just clicked to say Dexter and I see above someone else said Dexter. For me, it was the Jazz Moods: Round Midnight compilation of more latter day recordings of ballads - that I believe were largely used in the film Round Midnight starring Dexter Gordon.

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I had wanted to get into DG a lot since reading about how Jack Kerouac and Neil Cassady loved him in Kerouac's writings. But I haven't really found the real out bop stuff that Jack describes in his books. I've found Daddy Plays the Horn and the Live at the Village Vanguard 70's recording after DG's return from Europe (both of which are OK), and the aforementioned Jazz Moods: Round Midnight compilation.

I enjoyed this more than I expected. The first track and the last, DG's takes on As Time Goes By and Body and Soul, I particularly enjoyed. But also really enjoyed DG's really beautiful playing throughout, as well as his support. Good romantic album too.

SATCHMO 08-12-2009 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by half drag (Post 717653)
Funny, I just clicked to say Dexter and I see above someone else said Dexter. For me, it was the Jazz Moods: Round Midnight compilation of more latter day recordings of ballads - that I believe were largely used in the film Round Midnight starring Dexter Gordon.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...2L._SS500_.jpg

I had wanted to get into DG a lot since reading about how Jack Kerouac and Neil Cassady loved him in Kerouac's writings. But I haven't really found the real out bop stuff that Jack describes in his books. I've found Daddy Plays the Horn and the Live at the Village Vanguard 70's recording after DG's return from Europe (both of which are OK), and the aforementioned Jazz Moods: Round Midnight compilation.

I enjoyed this more than I expected. The first track and the last, DG's takes on As Time Goes By and Body and Soul, I particularly enjoyed. But also really enjoyed DG's really beautiful playing throughout, as well as his support. Good romantic album too.

Check out It's You or No One, which is a live village Vanguard recording from the 60's.

Incidentally, the "bop" which Dexter is more prominently known for is Hard Bop and not Be-bop, which is the immediate association that most have with the word.

lj39 08-17-2009 03:33 AM

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Disc 1 - Milestones :yeah:

dollarsandcents 08-17-2009 03:50 AM

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MJ2009 08-20-2009 01:50 PM

I've been getting into this album a lot lately

Barry Graham 01-22-2010 02:21 AM

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KONITZ MEETS MULLiGAN
Amazing Alto on
Lover Man
and
Your Just Too Marvelous

The Bullet 01-23-2010 08:35 AM

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thegrenfell 01-31-2010 05:34 AM

The Very Best of Chet Baker Sings (1989) - cant upload album cover, <15 posts..

Necromancer 01-31-2010 09:14 AM

Steely Dan-Aja. (not traditional Jazz, but one of the best at it. Chevy Chase played drums for Steely Dan,(back in the day) And as to suggest himself, "he said they should find a drummer better than he was", (a true gent) Imagine Chevy Chase on the drums in this video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFKSyP5pNE0 AWB-'Things'. (awb, very jazz orientated). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDDMwKvFOgY

Psy-Fi 01-31-2010 10:36 PM

Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Rundown

Recorded in 1966, it sounds timeless in the way all great recordings do.


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