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Dexter Gordon - The Other Side of Round Midnight 1990

Genre: Jazz

Sax legend Dexter Gordon assembles an astonishing cast for a second album related to the film referred to in the title, including Wayne Shorter, Palle Mikkelborg, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Bobby McFerrin, Cedar Walton, John McLaughlin, Pierre Michelot. Bobby Hutchinson and others

Bertrand Tavernier's Round Midnight is that rarity: one of a handful of films about jazz generally accepted as

bearing some verisimilitude. Not the least reason for this is tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon's portrayal of Dale

Turner, an American expatriate jazzman adrift in 1950s Paris. The script combines elements of Lester Young's

life with the true story of Bud Powell and Francis Paudras' friendship. And if some of the dialogue is clichéd

and leaden, the film, nevertheless, tells a bittersweet story of art and at least temporary redemption.

The music selected by Herbie Hancock successfully evokes the period, performed live by a crack band that

includes John McLaughlin, Bobby Hutcherson, Pierre Michelot, and Billy Higgins. Dexter Gordon's performance

as Turner, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, did not end with the script. His first musical

performance, on "As Time Goes By," is slow, drowsy, and limited in range, but as the film progresses, Gordon's

playing gains strength, pairing with Wayne Shorter on Powell's jaunty "Una Noche con Francis" and trading

fiery licks with Freddie Hubbard in the film's climactic return to New York City. Two mesmerizing pieces not

performed on-screen, Kenny Dorham's "Fair Weather" (sung with breathtaking fragility by Chet Baker) and

Jimmy Rowles' "The Peacocks," are woven throughout the film, adding immeasurably to the melancholy

cinematography.

Long before it became de rigeur to release multiple soundtracks for a single film, Columbia allowed Blue Note

to release The Other Side of Round Midnight under Gordon's name. The additional album offers more music

from the film, including Gordon's sole performance on soprano sax, "Tivoli" - incidentally the only track in the

score not played by the same musicians seen in the film - and further outtakes that breathe the same heady

atmosphere.

Recorded live in Studio Devaut in Paris

1. Round Midnight

Dexter Gordon Tenor Saxophone

Wayne Shorter soprano Saxophone

Palle Mikkelborg Trumpet

Herbie Hancock Piano

Ron Carter Bass

Mads Vinding Bass

Billy Higgins Drums

2. Berangere's Nightmare 2

Freddie Hubbard Trumpet

Herbie Hancock Piano

Ron Carter Bass

Tony Williams Drums

3. Call Sheet Blues

Wayne Shorter soprano Saxophone

Herbie Hancock Piano

Ron Carter Bass

Billy Higgins Drums

4. What Is This Thing Called Love

Bobby McFerrin Vocal

Herbie Hancock Piano

5. Tivoli

Dexter Gordon Tenor Saxophone

Palle Mikkelborg Trumpet

Cedar Walton Piano

Mads Vinding Bass

Billy Higgins Drums

6. Society Red

Dexter Gordon Tenor Saxophone

Freddie Hubbard Trumpet

Cedar Walton Piano

Ron Carter Bass

Tony Williams Drums

7. As Time Goes By

Dexter Gordon Tenor Saxophone

John McLaughlin Guitar

Herbie Hancock Piano

Pierre Michelot Bass

Billy Higgins Drums

8. It's Only A Paper Moon

Bobby Hutchinson Vibes

Herbie Hancock Piano

Pierre Michelot Bass

Billy Higgins Drums

9. Round Midnight

Herbie Hancock Piano

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