Dexter Gordon - Complete Prestige Recordings (11-Audio CD's - 2004) - [Collectible - Box set]

From the mid-'40s to his death in 1990, Dexter Gordon had an extraordinary career, ranging from a lengthy prison term to an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Round Midnight. Throughout it all, Gordon embodied bop and classic modern jazz--hard swinging, acoustic improvisation on the changes of standards. He recorded for Prestige between 1965 and 1973, years when he was living in Europe and largely out of the American spotlight, but his annual visits home produced a treasure trove of hard bop. Leading a series of quartets and quintets made up of New York's finest, Gordon is absolutely magisterial here, from the special bullying warmth of his ballad playing to his authoritative command on blues and bop tunes, often sprinkled with witty quotations. Among his partners here are trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Thad Jones and some superb pianists, including Bobby Timmons, Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, and Hank Jones, but his encounters with fellow tenor saxophonists bring out the most in Gordon, as he matches power and fluency with Gene Ammons, James Moody, Booker Ervin and--in a 1950 recording--his early partner Wardell Gray. The 11-CD set is a monument to a giant.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

TRACK LISTINGS

Disc 1
1 Move Live 9:47
2 Home Run 5:07
3 Dolo 6:16
4 Lovely Lisa 7:23
5 Affair in Havana 7:41
6 Jodi 6:39
7 Field Day 6:46
8 Setting the Pace 19:07

Disc 2
1 Dexter's Deck 22:47
2 Montmartre 10:59
3 Lady Bird 10:43
4 Sticky Wicket 7:06
5 Montmartre previously unreleased / Alternate Take 10:46
6 Lady Bird previously unreleased / Alternate Take 12:31

Disc 3
1 Sticky Wicket Alternate Take 9:42
2 Those Were the Days 8:05
3 Stanley the Steamer 8:04
4 The Rainbow People 8:50
5 Boston Bernie 7:39
6 Meditation (Meditação) 8:30
7 Fried Bananas 6:08
8 Dinner for One Please, James previously unreleased 6:08
9 Stanley the Steamer previously unreleased / Alternate Take 7:16
10 The Rainbow People previously unreleased / Alternate Take 7:14

Disc 4
1 Boston Bernie previously unreleased / Alternate Take 8:32
2 Fried Bananas previously unreleased / Alternate Take 6:23
3 Broadway Live 17:25
4 Boston Bernie Live 17:50
5 In a Sentimental Mood Live 8:49
6 Blues Up and Down Live 19:52

Disc 5
1 Rhythm-A-Ning Live 24:12
2 Misty Live 10:11
3 Love for Sale Live 21:59
4 Fried Bananas 8:14
5 Sophisticated Lady 7:54

Disc 6
1 Rhythm-A-Ning 8:45
2 Body and Soul 10:16
3 Blue Monk 10:52
4 The Panther 9:31
5 The Panther 6:29
6 Body and Soul 11:01
7 Valse Robin 5:56
8 Mrs. Miniver 7:35
9 The Christmas Song 5:19

Disc 7
1 Blues Walk 7:22
2 Valse Robin previously unreleased / Alternate Take 5:53
3 Mrs. Miniver previously unreleased / Alternate Take 7:08
4 Blues Walk previously unreleased / Alternate Take 6:19
5 Polka Dots and Moonbeams Live 10:06
6 Wee Dot Live 17:15
7 The Happy Blues Live 5:31
8 Lonesome Lover Blues Live / previously unreleased / Alternate Take 12:41

Disc 8
1 Medley: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)/I Can't Get Started/My ... 14:02
2 The Chase Live 10:29
3 Lonesome Lover Blues Live 13:29
4 Evergreenish 6:04
5 Rhythm-A-Ning 6:36
6 For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You) 6:52
7 If You Could See Me Now 5:22
8 Star Eyes 6:51
9 The Jumpin' Blues 5:46

Disc 9
1 Evergreenish previously unreleased / Alternate Take 6:15
2 Rhythm-A-Ning previously unreleased / Alternate Take 5:59
3 For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You) previously unreleased / Alternate Take 4:50
4 Star Eyes previously unreleased / Alternate Take 6:15
5 The Jumpin' Blues Alternate Take 5:45
6 Milestones 9:06
7 Scared to Be Alone 7:47
8 The Group 6:29
9 Days of Wine and Roses 8:45
10 We See 11:26

Disc 10
1 Milestones Alternate Take 7:14
2 Scared to Be Alone previously unreleased / Alternate Take 7:11
3 The Group Alternate Take 6:37
4 Ca'purange (Jungle Soul) 9:53
5 Tangerine 9:01
6 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:56
7 What It Was 8:14
8 Airegin 5:08
9 Oh! Karen O 12:12
10 Airegin Alternate Take 5:32

Disc 11
1 August Blues 9:54
2 Gingerbread Boy 12:50
3 Blues À la Suisse 10:31
4 Some Other Spring 6:07
5 Secret Love 14:33
6 Tivoli previously unreleased 8:10
7 'Treux Bleu 17:08