Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray
Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray were bebop's tenor kings, famed for their epic saxophone duels. Geoffrey Smith recalls those thrilling encounters and their later individual careers, marred by battles with drugs.
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Wardell Gray and Dexter Gordon
The Chase
Performer: Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon, ts; Jimmy Bunn, p; Red Callender, b; Chuck Thompson, d. 12 June 1947.Composer: Gordon, Gray
- The Wardell Gray Story.
- Proper.
- P1318. Tr. 1 (6.47).
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Wardell Gray
Stealin聮 Apples
Performer: Wardell Gray, ts; Fats Navarro, t; Benny Goodman, cl; Gene Di Novi, p; Mundell Lowe, g; Clyde Lombardi, b; Mel Zelnick, d. 9 September 1948.Composer: Waller, Razaf
- The Wardell Gray Story.
- Proper.
- P1318. Tr. 17 (3.06).
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Wardell Gray
Twisted
Performer: Wardell Gray, ts; Al Haig, p; Tommy Potter, b; Roy Haynes, d. 11 November 1949.Composer: Gray
- The Wardell Gray Story.
- Proper.
- Proper 1319. Tr. 9 (3.04).
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Wardell Gray
Southside
Performer: Wardell Gray, ts; Al Haig, p; Tommy Potter, b; Roy Haynes, d. 11 November 1949.Composer: Gray
- The Wardell Gray Story.
- Proper.
- Proper1319. Tr. 10 (3.21).
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Wardell Gray
Sweet Lorraine
Performer: Wardell Gray, ts; Al Haig, p; Tommy Potter, b; Roy Haynes, d. 11 November 1949.Composer: Parish, Burwell
- The Wardell Gray Story.
- Proper.
- Proper P1319. Tr. 12 (4.06).
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Wardell Gray
Little Pony
Composer: Hefti
- The Wardell Gray Story.
- Proper.
- Proper 1319. Tr.22 (2.29).
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Wardell Gray
The Jeep is Jumpin聮
Performer: Clark Terry, t; Juan Tizol, v-tb; John Graas, fr-h; Willie Smith, as; Wardell Gray, ts; Harry Carney, bs; Billy Strayhorn, p, arr; Wendell Marshall, b; Louis Bellson, d; 2 February 1952.Composer: Ellington, Hodges
- The Wardell Gray Story.
- Proper.
- Proper 1320. Tr. 7 (3.05).
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Dexter Gordon
Long Tall Dexter
Performer: Leonard Hawkins, t; Dexter Gordon, ts; Bud Powell, p; Curley Russell, b; Max Roach, d. 29 January 1946.Composer: Gordon
- Long Tall Dexter.
- Savoy.
- SJL 2211/A; A7 (2.58).
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Dexter Gordon
I Can't Escape from You
Performer: Leonard Hawkins, t; Dexter Gordon, ts; Bud Powell, p; Curley Russell, b; Max Roach, d. 29 January 1946.Composer: Robin, Whiting
- Long Tall Dexter.
- Savoy.
- SJL 2211/A; B2 (3.11).
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Dexter Gordon
Soy Califa
Performer: Dexter Gordon, ts; Sonny Clark, p; Butch Warren, b; Billy Higgins, d. 29 August 1962.Composer: Gordon
- A Swingin聮 Affair.
- Blue Note.
- CDP7841332 (1); Tr.1 (6.24).
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