Dexter Gordon Dexter Blows Hot And Cool ( 180g vinyl LP )

Release date: 27-02-2020 (originally in 1955)

2020 EU reissue ( 180g vinyl LP )

features Gordon in a quartet and quintet format. This is the first statement of the essential hard bop sound of his remarkable Blue Note period 10 years later. An American jazz institution, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, shines on this gorgeous reissue of the 1955 masterpiece featuring young pianist Carl Perkins! --Press Release 

Tracks:
A1 Sliver Plated
A2 Cry Me A River
A3 Rhythm Mad
A4 Don't Worry About Me
A5 I Hear Music
A6 Dolo

B1 Bonna Rue
B2 I Should Care
B3 Blowin' For Dootsie
B4 Tenderly
B5 Jodi

Recorded in 1955, it features Gordon in a quartet and quintet format, and was one of the first long-play albums by Gordon (whose previous recordings had been issued predominantly on 78 rpm discs). This was the saxophonist's only collaboration with pianist Carl Perkins. As a bonus, added most of Gordon's previous session, recorded in a quartet format with Kenny Drew on piano.

PERSONNEL:

DEXTER GORDON, tenor sax
CARL PERKINS, piano
LEROY VINNEGAR, bass
CHUCK THOMPSON, drums
JIMMY ROBINSON, trumpet

Hollywood, California, November 11-12, 1955