Gordon,Dexter Complete Columbia Albums Collection CD

Reissue. Seven CD box set. After his exile in Europe Dexter Gordon returned to the USA the end of 1976. This event was documented on the 2 LP set Homecoming - Live at the Village Vanguard (CD1 and CD2). After this Dexter and producer Michael Cuscuna embarked on a new project only a major label could fund: a larger ensemble to support the lush and marvellous tenor sound of Mr. Gordon. Slide Hampton was enlisted as arranger and the result was the album Sophisticated Giant (CD3). With his working quartet (George Cables, Rufus Reid and Eddie Gladden) Dexter recorded Manhattan Symphony in 1978 (CD4). The Live at Carnegie Hall tapes were discovered in 1998 and here we hear the quartet stretching out a bit more than in the confines of the studio walls. Johnny Griffin sits in on 2 tracks (CD5). The quartet broke up at the end of the 70's so the next album Gotham City became an all-star affair with Woody Shaw, George Benson, Cedar Walton, Art Blakey & Percy Heath (CD6). The CBS All-Stars - Montreux Summit and the Havana Jam tracks on which Dexter plays can be found on the last CD (CD7). The tracks from the Great Encounters album are put back together with the original sessions from which they came.

1. Gingerbread Boy 2. Little Red's Fantasy 3. Fenja 4. In Case You Haven't Heard 5. Fried Bananas 6. It's You or No One 7. Let's Get Down 8. 'Round Midnight 9. Backstairs 10. Body and Soul 11. Laura 12. The Moontrane 13. Red Top 14. Fried Bananas 15. You're Blas? 16. How Insensitive 17. Diggin' in 18. It's Only a Paper Moon 19. As Time Goes By 20. Moment's Notice 21. Tanya 22. I Told You So 23. Body and Soul 24. LTD 25. Ruby, My Dear 26. Secret Love 27. Introduction 28. Secret Love 29. Introduction 30. The End of a Love Affair 31. Introduction 32. More Than You Know 33. Introduction 34. Blues Up and Down 35. Introduction 36. Cheesecake 37. Hi Fly 38. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 39. The Blues Walk (Loose Walk) 40. Gotham City 41. A Conversation with Dexter Gordon. Music Elements / Gotham City/A Nightingale Sang.../Hi Fly/Blues Walk 42. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Short Version) 43. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Long Version) 44. Fried Bananas 45. The Moontrane 46. Red Top 47. Polka Dots and Moonbeams 48. Project S 49. Isn't She Lovely