Artist: 
Dexter Gordon

A Swingin' Affair

Vinyl
€25,99€16,99

Release date: 29 May 2020

Article Number: 133397000

Material: 100% Vinyl

The tenor sax hero’s classic 1964 album. His fourth Blue Note LP. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on 29th August 1962. Dexter Gordon recorded it two days after his classic album “Go!” and it features the same personnel: Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass) and Billy Higgins (drums). Showcasing two great Gordon originals (‘Soy Califa’, ‘McSplivens’), plus Warren’s ‘The Backbone’ and two standards (‘You Stepped Out Of A Dream’, ‘Don’t Explain’, ‘Until The Real Thing Comes Along’). Produced by Blue Note co-founder Alfred Lion. Includes session photography by BN co-founder Francis Wolff and liner notes by Barbara Long.

BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL EDITION: mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal, padded inner sleeves.

Tracklist:

A1. Soy Califa

A2. Don't Explain

A3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream

B1. The Backbone

B2. Until The Real Thing Comes Along

B3. McSplivens

 

Tenor Saxophone: Dexter Gordon, Piano: Sonny Clark, Bass: Butch Warren, Drums: Billy Higgins