{"product_id":"dexter-gordon_a-day-in-copenhagen_2023_war","title":"A DAY IN COPENHAGEN","description":"With his big, warm, round sound, sophisticated phrasing and hip quotations, Dexter Gordon was one of the major forces on the tenor saxophone from the mid-1940s until his death in 1990. Gordon was cited by Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane as a major influence on their playing. Dexter moved to Europe in the early 1960s, settling in Copenhagen, Denmark. During this period, he usually played and recorded accompanied by a piano trio, so, with two horns joining him, this album is special. One of modern jazz’s great trombonists, Slide Hampton is also a renowned composer-arranger. Three of the compositions and all of the arrangements on the album are his. The elegant Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reese completes the front line. The rhythm section includes two jazz giants with whom Gordon played at Copenhagen’s famous Club Montmartre, fellow American expatriate pianist Kenny Drew and Danish bassist N-H Örsted Peterson. Drummer Art Taylor was brought in from Paris to complete the all-star rhythm section.Slide’s minor \"My Blues\" starts the set with a bright and upbeat Dex showing he had listened to Trane and Rollins as much as they had to him. Everyone gets a chance to blow on this one. Normally a ballad, \"You Don't Know What Love Is\" glides along at a medium clip; Slide states that his intention was to keep the feeling that Billy Holliday and Miles Davis had in their versions. Hampton’s \"A New Thing\" is actually straight-ahead hard-bop, with Dexter again shining out front. On \"What's New,\" Slide changes what is normally a ballad into something special; this time a medium tempo 12\/8 with beautiful solos from all three horns. Dexter saves \"The Shadow of Your Smile\" for himself and the trio, giving the ballad a breathtaking interpretation. The set closes with \"A Day In Vienna,\" Slide’s richly voiced tribute to Austrian radio’s jazz workshop. All Music calls the album \"... an excellent sextet session. The other soloists are fine but Gordon easily dominates the set. An exceptional album from one of jazz’s great tenor saxophonists.","brand":"Dexter Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55421235102040,"sku":null,"price":20230908.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/4029759154785.jpg?v=1760388345","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/dexter-gordon_a-day-in-copenhagen_2023_war","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}