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    A Swingin' Affair

    Artist: 
    Dexter Gordon
    €28,99

    Release date: May 29, 2020

    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