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skweenison1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I love that solo so much!!! i play it multiple times a day!!
taildragger51 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
synthjazz; Yes, infact over 30 yrs ago. I was in my early 20's and had borrowed an LP copy of "GO!". When i got to the slow ballad "Where Are You?" i thought i'd died and gone to Heaven. Had to play it over & over. I'd never heard anyone play a tenor like that and the added reverb on the Blue Note vinyl copy just made it all the more magical. Just by chance DG was playing at Ronnie's a few weeks later. You're right though on all accounts! "Hanky Panky" was great.
synthjazz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dude, that's SO long ago for me-30 yrs now - kicking myself for not paying attention back then - I was a college kid! Swear I saw Diz on some occasion, and also Dave Holland - but Dex is the man! First album I heard him on was the Bluenote double album - on Hanky Panky!!I really get dissed in swing band because I put my SR mpc on, and lay it back like Dex - comments from the bandleader..Jeez Tenor 1 - quit draggin' your behind!!! (LOL!! - the rhythm section don't 'get it'!!)
taildragger51 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
synthjazz: Dexter Gordon was the meaning of "COOL". That famous poster of him at 'The Roost' sums it all up.
taildragger51 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
synthjazz; I was so knocked out by LTD that i saw him three nights in a row. He was drinking straight gin/vodka from huge tumblers! He could hardly stand but he played superbly. I recall he did a version of "Autumn Leaves" that lasted half an hour (it was in October) Ronnie Scott was a superb sax player but difficult guy to get on with. I recall the night he rowed with Dizzy Gillespie. Dizzy came onstage and messed around on congas..never played a note on the horn!
synthjazz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hi TD51!!NO!!....I never got to see LTD play live at Ronnies - even though I was in London during that period - I did get to see Ron himself play though - and he was a cool dude - pity he had to bow out the way he did. Another sad loss for the Jazz world!!
taildragger51 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
gregwaits; Such a shame NHOP is also not with us anymore. I always like listening to what Neils had to say. He is equally a legend today.
taildragger51 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
synthjazz; I couldn't agree with you more. Hopefully you got a chance to see Dexter play live.(?) I saw him at Ronnie Scott's Club around 1977. I went back several times in one week because i was so impressed with his sophisticated personality. His stage presence was BIG and so was his sound.
taildragger51 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
kevinherbert; Neils Henning-Orsted Pedersen was Danish. (excuse me for trying to sound smug) He was a gem of a guy and probably one of the greatest bassists in history.
NewHarpGuy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What I loved about Dexter, was hit big , FAT tone.His solo on Society Red (from his Doing Alright LP) is one of the best ever, on the tenor sax! |
