DEXTER GORDON "GO" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, RVG, LE, SO, NE, NEW/SEALED

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                                                                                                       DEXTER GORDON "GO"
2008 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84112, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPE AT ACOUSTECH MASTERING AND PRESSED BY RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"DEXTER GORDON CONSIDERED THIS HIS FINIST ALBUM AND FEW WOULD DISAGREE. WHEN THE PERFECT RHYTHM SECTION OF SONNY CLARK, BUTCH WARREN AND BILLY HIGGINS, THIS TENOR GIANT REINVENTS STANDARDS LIKE "THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING", SECOND BALCONY JUMP" AND "GUESS I'LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY", AND INTRODUCES HIS MOST FAMOUS COMPOSITION "CHEESE CAKE"".
" IN 1962, WHEN THE 39 YEAR OLD DEXTER GORDON RECORDED "GO", HE HAD ALREADY LIVED A LIFETIME IN JAZZ. AFTER GAINING EXPERIENCE PLAYING WITH THE BIG BANDS OF LIONEL HAMPTON AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG, IN 1945, GORDON BECAME THE FIRST TENOR SAXOPHONIST TO NOT ONLY MASTER BEBOP BUT TO DEVELOP HIS OWN DISTINCTIVE SOUND IN THE NEW STYLE. HE RECORDED WITH DIZZY GILLESPIE AND AS A LEADER, AND STARRED IN LATE NIGHT JAM SESSIONS IN LOS ANGELES WITH FELLOW TENORS WARDELL GRAY AND TEDDY EDWARDS. AFTER A LARGELY UNEVENTFUL DECADE IN THE 1950'S, GORDON MADE A MAJOR COMEBACK IN 1961 WHEN HE EMERGED IN PRIME FORM ON BLUE NOTE, RECORDING "DEXTER CALLING". ITS FELOW-UP ALBUM "GO" WAS EVEN BETTER."
"JOINED IN HIS QUARTET BY THE GREAT PIANIST SONNY CLARK, BASSIST BUTCH WARREN AND DRUMMER BILLY HIGGINS, GORDON REALLY DIGS INTO THE COLORFUL PROGRAM. ON SUCH NUMBERS AS "THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING" (A STANDARD THAT WAS EXTINCT AFTER THE EARLY 1920's), "LOVE FOR SALE", HIS OWN "CHEESE CAKE", AND "I GUESS I'LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY". GORDON PLAYS CHORUS AFTER CHORUS OF OUTSTANDING IDEAS IN HIS HUGE TONE. HE CARESSES THE MELODIES, CREATES SOLOS THAT ARE FULL OF SWING, WIT, AND INSPIRATION, AND MAKES EVERY PHRASE SOUND PERSONAL, FRESH AND ORIGINAL. THERE WAS NO MISTAKING DEXTER GORDON FOR ANYONE ELSE, AND HE ALWAYS GAVE ONE THE IMPRESSION THAT HE COULD PLAY FOR HOURS WITHOUT RUNNING OUT OF INVENTIVE IDEAS OR PERSONALITY. ":GO" IS AN ALBUM THAT GROWS IN INTEREST AND POWER WITH EACH LISTEN. IT IS DEXTER GORDON AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWERS".
                                                                                                                 1) CHEESE CAKE                                                                                                                  2) I GUESS I'LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY                                                                                                                  3) SECOND BALCONY JUMP                                                                                                                  4) LOVE FOR SALE                                                                                                                  5) WHERE ARE YOU                                                                                                                  6) THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING