Dexter Gordon: Dexter Calling (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJS-53 and Elvin Jones on drums

and Elvin Jones on drums with Ray Barretto joining on congas for several songs

Nina’s Back features a rejuvenated Nina Simone reaching out to a wider musical audience

” strutting “Back Road

while a modernistic version of Don Redman’s “Chant of the Weed” is a solo vehicle for Johnson’s clarinet

the album extends timeless classics across the genre spectrum

Dexter Gordon: Dexter Calling (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJS-53 and Elvin Jones on drumsBlue Note, 1961 Though he first recorded in the late 1940s, Dexter Gordons 1961 signing to Blue Note Records marked the beginning of a career renaissance for the great tenor saxophonist after a tumultuous decade. With the swift one two punch of his label debut Doin Allright and Dexter Calling, recorded just three days apart in May 1961, Dexter solidified his return to form with aplomb. Dexter Calling featured an entirely different band with Dexter