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Dexter Gordon - Homecoming (Live At The Village Vanguard) (1976) Genre: Jazz

Cduniverse.com:

A double-disc document of the legendary saxophonist's gig at the Vanguard in 1976 (commemorating his return from a 15-year residence in Copenhagen), HOMECOMING captures Gordon in outstanding form. Well -seasoned and displaying elements of a more adventurous, experimental approach than was evidenced in his earlier recordings, Gordon wildly riffs through 12-bar blues ("Gingerbread Boy," "Backstairs") and creates modern, modal explorations in trumpet player Woody Shaw's two compositions ("Little Red Fantasy," and "In Case You Haven't Heard").

The classic Gordon is here as well, however--the gorgeous, commanding tone, the richly-considered phrases and warm inflection. In the bright, conversational "Fenja" and in his signature number "Body and Soul" (a piece Gordon may be able to lay claim to more than any other saxophonist save Coleman Hawkins) his playing is at once familiar and newly impressive. The live energy is palpable throughout and the combo provide solid, focused support. A varied, meaty and seductive set, HOMECOMING is an excellent summation of the career of one of jazz's best-loved horn players.

Amazon.com reviewer:

Dexter Gordon truly made a triumphant return to the United States with his engagement at New York's storied Village Vanguard in 1976. Sweeping into town, he didn't even have his own working band yet, and thus enlisted the band led by Woody Shaw as illustrious sidemen. The chance to hear Woody Shaw stretch out in a live setting is justification alone for grabbing this set, but of course Long Tall Dexter is the centerpiece (towering pillar!) of this magnificent live document.

The band stretches out on a fine mix of originals by Shaw, pianist Ronnie Matthews, and Gordon as well as standards such as "Gingerbread Boy" and "Body and Soul," and my favorite Dexter piece, "It's You or No One." Throughout, Dexter schools the audience in regal bop with his magesterial tone and delivery, often punctuated by Shaw's ringing open horn. The combination is sublime.

Dexter truly runs the gamut from classicism to modernism throughout the well-paced program, demonstrating that he wasn't just hiding away in Europe during all those years abroad and that he was once again ready to put his stamp on the way the tenor sax is played. In this way, this set is somewhat similar to Art Pepper's Village Vanguard set in that both musicians demonstrated relatively late in their careers how they had not only created distinctive signatures on their horns but had further distilled the developments of the past decades (i.e. Coltrane) into an even more modern, yet distinctive voice.



Personnel:

Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone);

Woody Shaw (trumpet, flugelhorn);

Ronnie Matthews (piano);

Stafford James (bass);

Louis Hayes (drums).

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. Gingerbread Boy

2. Little Red's Fantasy

3. Fenja

4. In Case You Haven't Heard

5. It's You Or No One

Disc 2

1. Let's Get Down

2. 'Round Midnight

3. Backstairs

4. Fried Bananas

5. Body And Soul

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