Dexter spanned/overlapped evolving styles- swing bands to bebop, ballads, and beyond. He not only evolved, but led the way. His tone was always powerful and resonant with no doubt about the notes he was playing. From his 10M and Dukoff Hollywood to his Mark VI and Otto Link stm, his sound demanded your attention.
I was at this show. I would of been 17 years old at most. Fantastic performance. This little club on the Iowa State campus in Ames Iowa booked the greatest jazz acts of the time. Mingus played there. The place only held around 180 people. Great times!
I'm afraid to listen to anything else by Dexter in fear that it wont be as good as this. Like I said, this is the best piece of music I believe that I've ever heard.
i had the pleasure of seeing this quartet of dexters in 1982 and as a 15 year old kid it was just amazing to watch dex up there just blow his butt off ..this is one of the best rhythm sections in jazz.....G-d bless dex you are missed but your music will always be here for us to enjoy,,
I have been blessed enough to see Dexter Gordon perform several times, however, one of my greatest memories was when he was at Clark University's radio station WCLK one Saturday morning and they asked for folks to come by. I was at home listening, grabbed up my two year old son and went straight to the station. When we met and talked Dexter, in his deep, graveled voice greeted my son who immediately became frightened and began to cry. Dexter jumped back as I tried to console my son. Things settled...to this day my son of thirty-five years old still enjoys Dexter's music; naturally I am still blessed to do so. Thank you Dex for such wonderful sounds and memories.
I was fortunate enough to see this same quartet at Keystone Corner. I once remember LTD stumbling thru the crowd, late? mid set when Woody was playing there. He was onstage with axe in his hand on the next tune and just played his ass off. Oh, the cover was $3.50, 2 drink minimum.
Yes folks, I remember when Dex came over to Germany around 1980 I think, playing in my hometown Goettingen. Between the sets I told him my request playing "It's you or no one" in the upcoming set - and he did, I never will forget that. He had Eddie Gladden (drums), Kirk Lightsey (piano), and (I forgot the bassplayer) probably Santi DiBriano. Anyway it was awesome!!
Dexter Gordon had already worked in the bands of Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, and Billy Eckstine, and he was among the very first players to adapt the innovations of Charlie Parker to the tenor saxophone, creating his own voice out of an amalgam of Parker and Lester Young. Gordon's sound was already his own, a harder-edged tenor sound with very little vibrato, and there's evidence as well of the striking harmonic imagination that would later influence even John Coltrane.
Ok,this is not the great Dexter from the late 60's but he stil kicked ass. Dexter is one of my all time favorite musicians. God bless you Dex, wherever you are........
now ... how can you say that. ... not the great'? while listening to dexter flying all above all these changes .... 3:30 ... this is godesssss, oh my, can't hold it, let it go .... it can't get any better ... wedooh weedohh weedohhh dig dig dig. and thanks to the other's helping him out,
How did I know that the warmth of the glow would last. How did I guess that the long loneliness was past. I merely looked at you and I knew that I knew. It's you or no one for me I'm sure of this each time we kiss Now and forever and when forever's done You'll find that you are still the one
Yea man , that was fun . Keeping up a smile with rebop . Well worth the peek . Thanks for sharing the taste.I hope your comments will be more positive from this point on once again ,pal, This Tube deal sure has it ups ,like digging your share here is one of the "ups ". Keep on swinging ,man.
(December 6, 1937, Newark, New Jersey September 30, 2003) was an American jazz drummer. Gladden played professionally from 1962 in his hometown of Newark.
Clear, confident and swinging as very few! Heard him on swedish radio with Horace Silver 1976. Then on records and live as well with Dexter. He was really a bad swinger! The most bouncing pulse I have heard.
@ColmOSullivanRed ... yes, now I remember, it was David Eubanks (not J. Heard). Thanks for your help. But the vid here shows Rufus Reid ... Dex the man, always blowed the hell out of it ...
polo86414 Dexter Gordon died: Apr 25, 1990 in Philadelphia, PA, USA And please use the word sh---t on someun ELSE. Wizardovsky says Coltrane - a genious - but this clip features Dex. Other cats were Pres, Hawk, the Brute, Wardell Gray. et al. They all had something to say and Sonny Rollins voice is still loud and clear!! If you dig you have to listen to them all!!!
Dexter spanned/overlapped evolving styles- swing bands to bebop, ballads, and beyond. He not only evolved, but led the way. His tone was always powerful and resonant with no doubt about the notes he was playing. From his 10M and Dukoff Hollywood to his Mark VI and Otto Link stm, his sound demanded your attention.
He and Hank Mobley had a lot in common.
I was at this show. I would of been 17 years old at most. Fantastic performance. This little club on the Iowa State campus in Ames Iowa booked the greatest jazz acts of the time. Mingus played there. The place only held around 180 people. Great times!
JAZZ WORK SHOP 1977 HAD THE FRONT SEAT 4 FEET AWAY IT WAS AMAZING
Listening to Dex never gets old.
I'm afraid to listen to anything else by Dexter in fear that it wont be as good as this. Like I said, this is the best piece of music I believe that I've ever heard.
Listen to those were the days at Montmartre
i had the pleasure of seeing this quartet of dexters in 1982 and as a 15 year old kid it was just amazing to watch dex up there just blow his butt off ..this is one of the best
rhythm sections in jazz.....G-d bless dex you are missed but your music will always be here for us to enjoy,,
Dexter Gordon was fantastic!I listen to him many times in Sweden he was just magic!
A big juicy piece of musical cake.... he sounds like a great marvellous food.. you can eat his sound.. and it's healthy and nurtures you! I Love Dex!
Dexter is my alltime favorite. As an improviser, he cannot be touched.
He makes melodies up on the spot
Sonny Rollins is so much better! The rest can lie down and be coool!
I have been blessed enough to see Dexter Gordon perform several times, however, one of my greatest memories was when he was at Clark University's radio station WCLK one Saturday morning and they asked for folks to come by. I was at home listening, grabbed up my two year old son and went straight to the station. When we met and talked Dexter, in his deep, graveled voice greeted my son who immediately became frightened and began to cry. Dexter jumped back as I tried to console my son. Things settled...to this day my son of thirty-five years old still enjoys Dexter's music; naturally I am still blessed to do so. Thank you Dex for such wonderful sounds and memories.
Seriously! I have never heard the saxophone played with that tone before. I love it and the other musicians as well.
I will say a cavernous tone, wonderful
Dexter and John Coltrane are in a class by them selves when it comes to the Tenor-Classic! I loved it.
Sonny Rollins is my man!
If you study Sonny like I have he is beyond.
Trane and Dex comes next!
Only BIG DEX !!
I just heard this a few minutes on pandora. God, DAMN. Probably the best piece of music I've ever heard.
I was fortunate enough to see this same quartet at Keystone Corner. I once remember LTD stumbling thru the crowd, late? mid set when Woody was playing there. He was onstage with axe in his hand on the next tune and just played his ass off.
Oh, the cover was $3.50, 2 drink minimum.
Yes folks, I remember when Dex came over to Germany around 1980 I think, playing in my hometown Goettingen. Between the sets I told him my request playing "It's you or no one" in the upcoming set - and he did, I never will forget that. He had Eddie Gladden (drums), Kirk Lightsey (piano), and (I forgot the bassplayer) probably Santi DiBriano. Anyway it was awesome!!
Holy goddam shit this swings so hard i cant stop smilling
Es cierto, amigo
This is the group I saw twice in the early 80's--six feet away from that horn. Dexter lifted the audience to a realm of pure bliss.
george cables, piano; rufus reed; bass, eddie gladden, drums the same group at on the album ' manhattan symphony'
spelled 'Reid'
Sounds like George Cables is quoting "Everything Happens to Me" at 6:46. GENIUS
THE DEXTER GORDON QUARTET
This is the great Dexter!
and never will be touched. the best....undoubtedly
Straight No Chaser is the name of Gordon`s playing style. He is pure. He is the purest of all.
I have to say that thee are many saxophone players, but DG is a style setter.
GREATS MUSICIANS!
Love it!
My gawd....this man kills. A canvas that is being explored.
NO MA !!! GENIAL !!!
THE BEST OF THE BEST !!!!
wonderful!!!!!!!
DEXTER!!!!! Love this man
Brilliant!
Yes!!! Thank you!!!
Dexter Gordon had already worked in the bands of Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, and Billy Eckstine, and he was among the very first players to adapt the innovations of Charlie Parker to the tenor saxophone, creating his own voice out of an amalgam of Parker and Lester Young. Gordon's sound was already his own, a harder-edged tenor sound with very little vibrato, and there's evidence as well of the striking harmonic imagination that would later influence even John Coltrane.
This is GREAT footage of Dexter! I was lucky enough to see him a couple of times with this line-up in the late 70's. The man plays.
What a sound Dex had!!! Holy Shit!!!
Great Dexter! The master of quotations. With such humor!
en kulspruta som aldrig missar det han siktar på
SO BURNIN'!!!!!!!!
Always good to hear George Cables!
Dexter is one of the most overlooked of all!
Not by old BeBopers!
just 2 words.......DEXTER GORDON!!!!!!
Ok,this is not the great Dexter from the late 60's but he stil kicked ass.
Dexter is one of my all time favorite musicians.
God bless you Dex, wherever you are........
I remember jamming at Sparky J's in Newark N.J with the drummer here, Eddie Gladden, Gloria Coleman, and others
now ... how can you say that. ... not the great'? while listening to dexter flying all above all these changes .... 3:30 ... this is godesssss, oh my, can't hold it, let it go .... it can't get any better ... wedooh weedohh weedohhh dig dig dig. and thanks to the other's helping him out,
The Campbell's are comin' with a skirl and drone of pipes and then, whooosh, we're off and racing. Great stuff from a true master.
blue47er i
puro jazz!!!
AII I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!
RUFUS! The man.
How did I know that the warmth of the glow would last.
How did I guess that the long loneliness was past.
I merely looked at you and I knew that I knew.
It's you or no one for me
I'm sure of this each time we kiss
Now and forever and when forever's done
You'll find that you are still the one
Eddie Gladden is a monster.
🤙❤️✌️🍷🎷
His 8th notes are so laid back. So hip man.
Dexter.
yep.
Yea man , that was fun . Keeping up a smile with rebop . Well worth the peek . Thanks for sharing the taste.I hope your comments will be more positive from this point on once again ,pal, This Tube deal sure has it ups ,like digging your share here is one of the "ups ". Keep on swinging ,man.
That's what jazz always should be
it's on.
(December 6, 1937, Newark, New Jersey September 30, 2003) was an American jazz drummer.
Gladden played professionally from 1962 in his hometown of Newark.
Clear, confident and swinging as very few! Heard him on swedish radio with Horace Silver 1976. Then on records and live as well with Dexter. He was really a bad swinger! The most bouncing pulse I have heard.
>I just died, he was so!!! Where is NHÖP! I miss him.
@ColmOSullivanRed
... yes, now I remember, it was David Eubanks (not J. Heard). Thanks for your help. But the vid here shows Rufus Reid ... Dex the man, always blowed the hell out of it ...
Dexter and George are playing their asses off here...everything that is great about jazz...their playing here IS...
Look it’s Yoda
@bcolborn THANKS a LOT! :D
LoL @ the name of the venue!
No one plays like that in the lower register...
Please someone could post" isn't she lovely ? played by Gordon..Thanks
George Cables damn near made me piss my pants with that solo
really??! 5 dislike?! are you insane?
nautilius24 now 7! who are these fools??
The bass player is rufus Reid
He died April 25, 1990 (aged 67)
polo86414
Dexter Gordon died:
Apr 25, 1990 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
And please use the word sh---t on someun ELSE.
Wizardovsky says Coltrane - a genious - but this clip features Dex. Other cats were Pres, Hawk, the Brute, Wardell Gray. et al. They all had something to say and Sonny Rollins voice is still loud and clear!!
If you dig you have to listen to them all!!!
Nice tune and performance. It is too bad that the shots of Dexter were mainly closeups of his face. I saw this band a number of times.
Whatever happened to Gladden? he was/is amazing...
@BAMeynig I wish I knew
Who's that on piano?
I really dig his playing!
Eddie Gladden
@vandoren59 just enough lol
Jazz.
how does Justin Biebers baby have hundreds of millions of hits, but this has 141,000 ? this is what true mastery of music sounds like
The reason for that is because of the truth in the old Maxim or adage that most people will take the path of least resistance.
how the does he get that tone??
Piano player George Cables?
Whos on the base?
who is the pianist?
dam that dude was old in this one
......uh huh, and THAT was what you wanted to share with people about this performance ?....jeez !!!!!!
old and still kicking here**
ssomething about that selmer S on the saxophone, makes people play like superman..
I think dex sounds better in this era. His tone sounds more matured and defined. Its sounds really dark and fat.
6 thumbs down?????
Holy goddam shit this swings so hard i cant stop smilling