Artist: Dexter Gordon
Album: Sophisticated Giant
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1977
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 192 kHz
Duration: 45:57
Total Tracks: 7
Total Size: 1,51 GB

Tracklist:

1. Dexter Gordon – Laura (07:41)
2. Dexter Gordon – The Moontrane (06:39)
3. Dexter Gordon – Red Top (08:53)
4. Dexter Gordon – Fried Bananas (07:55)
5. Dexter Gordon – You’re Blasé (09:52)
6. Dexter Gordon – How Insensitive (04:54)

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This excellent Columbia album was recorded less than a year after Dexter Gordon’s well-publicized tour of the United States following a dozen years spent living in Europe. With assistance from such other major players as trumpeters Woody Shaw and Benny Bailey, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson sounds in superlative form on Woody Shaw’s “The Moontrane,” four standards, and his own “Fried Bananas.” In addition to the original program (which features Dexter with an all-star tentet), the 1997 CD reissue adds two 1979 features for vocalese singer Eddie Jefferson (“Diggin’ It” and “It’s Only a Paper Moon”) that were originally released on Gordon’s Great Encounters; trumpeter Shaw and trombonist Curtis Fuller co-star with Gordon. An excellent acquisition. – Scott Yanow