Clubhouse – Dexter Gordon
A good feature for drums with lots of rhythm section hits. Dexter Gordon tenor sax solo available in B-flat and C editions.
- Recording: Dexter Gordon - Clubhouse
- Recorded on: May 27, 1965
- Label: Blue Note (LT 989)
- Concert Key: E-flat
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Trumpet - Freddie Hubbard
- Tenor Sax - Dexter Gordon
- Piano - Barry Harris
- Bass - Bob Cranshaw
- Drums - Billy Higgins
The horns break into harmony for one measure of each A section of the melody: both parts are indicated on each lead sheet edition.
Dexter, who had been living in Europe since late 1962, returned to the US in May, 1965, to record three sessions at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio (May 27, 28 and 29). The second two days, with the same rhythm section and Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, yielded Le Coiffeur on the "Gettin' Around" album. The first day of the "Clubhouse" session with Freddie Hubbard sat in the can for years. Click on the album name to see what else we have available from it.
Dexter Gordon
February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990
Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was born in Los Angeles, CA. In his last year of high school, he received a call from alto saxophonist Marshall Royal asking him to join the Lionel Hampton big band. This led to Dexter's first recording, with the Hampton band, on December 21, 1941. In 1944, after a few weeks with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra and working and recording with Louis Armstrong's orchestra, Dexter joined Billy Eckstine and recorded with Eckstine's legendary band of soon-to-be jazz superstars that included Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Leo Parker, Art Blakey, Sarah Vaughan, arranger Tadd Dameron and others, on September 5, 1944. Read more...