Dexter Gordon Catalog

1941 (The age of 18)

Lionel Hampton, Vol. 1: 1941-1942 (Coral [G] COPS 7185)

Karle George, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (tp) Fried Beckett, Sonny Craven, Harry Sloan (tb) Marshall Royal (as, cl) Ray Perry (as, vln) Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet (ts) Jack McVea (bars) Lionel Hampton (vib, vo) Milt Buckner (p) Irving Ashby (g) Vernon Alley (b) George Jenkins (d) Rubel Blakey (vo)

NYC, December 24, 1941

70100-A	Just For You
70101-A	Southern Echoes
70102-A	My Wish
70103-A	Nola

Lionel Hampton 6 - Extra Takes 1941-1949 (MCA [F] 510.140)

same session

NYC, December 24, 1941

70101-A

Southern Echoes (alt. take)

1943 (The age of 20)

Nat King Cole Meets The Master Saxes (Phoenix LP 5)

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Nat "King" Cole (p) possibly Johnny Miller (b) Juicy Owens (d)

Los Angeles, CA, late 1943 or circa July, 1944

1892	I've Found A New Baby
1893	Rosetta
1894	Sweet Lorraine
1895	I Blowed And Gone

Melba Liston (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Charles Fox (p) Red Callender (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

Hollywood, CA, June 5, 1947

D1082-C

Lullaby In Rhythm

** also issued on Spotlite [E] SPJ 136.

1944

Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra (AFRS Jubilee 76)

Tony DiNardi, Jake Porter, Clint Waters, Leroy White (tp) Allen Durham, George Washington (tb) Emerson Harper, Sahib Shihab (as) Dexter Gordon, Woodrow Keys (ts) Herman Johnson (bars) Horace Henderson (p) unknown (b) Gene Shelton (d) Fletcher Henderson (cond)

Hollywood, CA, April 24, 1944

	One O'Clock Jump (theme)
	I Got Rhythm
	Keep 'Em Swinging
	Stompin' At The Savoy
	Bugle Blues
	One O'Clock Jump (theme)

Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra (AFRS Jubilee 77)

same personnel

Hollywood, CA, May 1, 1944

	One O'Clock Jump (theme)
	Jeep Rhythm
	Rose Room
	Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie
	One O'Clock Jump (theme)

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra 1944-1945 (Blue Ace BA 3603)

Jesse Brown, Lester Currant, Andrew Ford, Thomas Grider (tp) Louis Armstrong (tp, vo) Larry Anderson, Joe Taswell Baird, Adam Martin (tb) John Brown, Willard Brown (as) Dexter Gordon, Teddy McRae (ts) Ernest Thompson (bars) Ed Swanston (p) Emmett Slay (g) Alfred Moore (b) James Harris (d) Velma Middleton, Jimmy Ross (vo)

NYC, May 19 & 20, 1944

Ain't Misbehavin'

same personnel

NYC, September 21, 1944

	Perdido
	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

** also issued on BYG [J] YX 4007.

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (AFRS One Night Stand 240)

same personnel

NYC, May 19 & 20, 1944

	I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
	Besame Mucho
	A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
	Swanee River
	Baby Don't You Cry
	Don't Sweetheart Me

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (AFRS One Night Stand 253)

same session

NYC, May 19 & 20, 1944

	Easy As You Go
	Blues In The Night
	I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
	I'll Be Around
	Keep On Jumpin'

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (AFRS One Night Stand 267)

same personnel

NYC, May 23, 1944

unknown titles

Louis Armstrong New Orleans Masters, Vol. 2 (Swing House [E] SWH 44)

omit Ross

South Gate, May 26, 1944

	No Love, No Nothin'
	Is My Baby Blue Tonight?
	Blues In The Night
	Keep On Jumpin'

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (AFRS Spotlight Bands 382)

add Jimmy Ross (vo)

Stockton, CA, June 7, 1944

	King Porter Stomp
	It's Love Love Love
	Ain't Misbehavin'
	When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Louis Armstrong - Chronological Study (MCA Decca 3063 72)

Los Angeles, CA, August 9, 1944

1.	Groovin'
2.	Baby
3.	Don't You Cry
4.	Whatcha Say

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (AFRS Spotlight Bands 444)

Velma Middleton, Jimmy Ross (vo) replaces Dandridge

Fort Wachuka, August 18, 1944

	Louise
	Going My Way
	Sweet And Lovely
	Groovin'
	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

Billy Eckstine - Mr. B (Ember [E] FA 2010)

Gail Brockman, Dizzy Gillespie, Marion Hazel, Shorty McConnell (tp) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott (tb) Gerald Valentine (tb, arr) Bill Frazier, John Jackson (as) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) John Malachi (p, arr) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Sarah Vaughan (vo) Billy Eckstine (vo, vtb) Tadd Dameron, Jerry Valentine (arr)

NYC, September 5, 1944

118-2	If That's The Way You Feel
119-4	I Want To Talk About You
120-3	Blowing The Blues Away
121-2	Opus X
122	I'll Wait And Pray

Billy Eckstine - Blowing The Blues Away (Swingtime [E] ST 1015)

same session

NYC, September 5, 1944

120	Blowing The Blues Away

Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra (Audio Lab AL 1549)

same session

NYC, September 5, 1944

123	The Real Thing Happened To Me

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra (AFRS Spotlight Bands 465)

Camp Reynolds, September 12, 1944

	Time Alone Will Tell
	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
	King Porter Stomp

Various Artists - Various Artist BG, Louis, Pops And Tram (IAJRC 21)

omit Middleton, Ross

Philadelphia, PA, September 12, 1944

	Perdido
	Brother Bill
	Ain't Misbehavin'
	Groovin'

Louis Armstrong Armed Forces Radio Service 1943/44 (Duke [It] D 1021)

add Velma Middleton, Jimmy Ross (vo)

Tuskogge Airfield, October 5, 1944

	Theme
	Keep On Jumpin'
	Swingin' On A Star
	It Had To Be You

1945

Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High (Savoy MG 12020)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Frank Paparelli (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Murray Shipinski (b) Irv Kluger (d)

NYC, February 9, 1945

G555	Blue 'N' Boogie

Billy Eckstine - Blues For Sale (EmArcy MG 36029)

Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro (tp) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Budd Johnson, Sonny Stitt (as) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) John Malachi (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC53-1

Lonesome Lover Blues

Billy Eckstine - The Love Songs Of Mr. "B" (EmArcy MG 36030)

same session

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC54-3

A Cottage For Sale

Various Artists - The Advance Guard Of The '40s (EmArcy MG 36016)

same session

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC55-2

I Love The Rhythm In A Riff

Billy Eckstine - You Call It Madness (Regent MG 6058)

same session

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC56

Last Night

Ben Webster Nonet (Jazz Archives [F] JA 35)

Don Byas, Herbie Fields, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster (ts) Stuff Smith (vln) Duke Ellington (p) unknown (g) Al Lucas (b) Eddie Nicholson (d)

NYC, August 20, 1945

Honeysuckle Rose

Charlie Parker - Every Bit Of It 1945 (Spotlite [E] SPJ 150D)

Buck Clayton (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Danny Barker (g) Jimmy Butts (b) J.C. Heard (d)

NYC, September 4, 1945

R1030	Takin' Off
R1031	If I Had You
R1032	20th Century Blues
R1033	The Street Beat

Dexter Gordon - Long Tall Dexter (Savoy SJL 2211)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Sadik Hakim (p) Gene Ramey (b) Eddie Nicholson (d)

NYC, October 30, 1945

D5841

Blow Mr. Dexter (alt. take)

Leonard Hawkins (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, January 29, 1946

S5878	Long Tall Dexter (alt. take)
S5880-7	I Can't Escape From You (alt. take)
S5881	Dexter Digs In (alt. take)

Howard McGhee (tp) Trummy Young (tb) Sonny Criss (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Roy Porter (d)

"Elks Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, July 6, 1947

BOP54	Bop After Hours, Pt. 1 (After Hours Bop)
BOP55	Bop After Hours, Pt. 2 (After Hours Bop)
BOP56	Bop After Hours, Pt. 3 (After Hours Bop)
BOP57	Bop After Hours, Pt. 4 (After Hours Bop)
BOP58	Bop After Hours, Pt. 5 (After Hours Bop)
BOP59	Bop After Hours, Pt. 6 (After Hours Bop)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 11, 1947

S3493	So Easy (alt. take)
S3494	Dexter's Riff (alt. take)

Joe Newman (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts, as) Leo Parker (bars) Hank Jones (p) Curly Russell (b) Shadow Wilson (d)

NYC, December 19, 1947

S3495-1	Wee Dot
S3495-3	-
S3497-1	The Lion Roars
S3497-3	The Lion Roars (Lion's Roar)

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Rides Again (Savoy MG 12130)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Sadik Hakim (p) Gene Ramey (b) Eddie Nicholson (d)

NYC, October 30, 1945

D5841	Blow Mr. Dexter
D5842	Dexter's Deck
D5843	Dexter's Cuttin' Out
D5844	Dexter's Minor Mad

Leonard Hawkins (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, January 29, 1946

S5878	Long Tall Dexter
S5879-1	Dexter Rides Again
S5880-13	I Can't Escape From You
S5881	Dexter Digs In

Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 11, 1947

S3491-3	Settin'n The Pace, Pt. 1
S3492-3	Settin'n The Pace, Pt. 2
S3493	So Easy
S3494	Dexter's Riff

1946

The Fabulous Benny Carter (Audio Lab AL 1505)

Emmett Berry, Joe Newman, Shorty Rogers (tp) Neal Hefti (tp, arr) Al Grey, Alton Moore, Sandy Williams, Trummy Young (tb) Tony Scott (cl, as) Russell Procope (as) Benny Carter (as, tp, arr) Willard Brown (as, bars) Don Byas, Dexter Gordon (ts) Sonny White (p) Freddie Green (g) John Simmons (b) J.C. Heard (d) Maxine Sullivan (vo) James Cannady, Frank Comstock (arr)

NYC, January 8, 1946

171	I'm The Caring Kind
172	Looking For A Boy
173	Rose Room

Dexter Gordon - Settin' The Pace (Savoy Jazz SVY 17027)

Leonard Hawkins (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, January 29, 1946

S5881

Dexter Digs In (alt. take 2)

Numa Lee Davis - Just A Dream c/w Wake Up Old Maid (Jewel ON 2000)

Russell Jacquet (tp) Gus Evans (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Arthur Dennis (bars) Jimmy Bunn (p) Leo Blevins (g) Herman Washington (b) Chico Hamilton (d) Numa Lee Davis (vo)

Los Angeles, CA, September 21, 1946

JRC234

Just A Dream

Various Artists - Black California, Vol. 2 (Savoy SJL 2242)

same session

Los Angeles, CA, September 21, 1946

JRC235	Wake Up Old Maid
JRC235-2	Wake Up Old Maid (take 2)
JRC235-5	Wake Up Old Maid (take 5)

Jacquet plays (tp, vo). omit Davis

same location, date

JRC236-1	Blues A La Russ
JRC236-5	Blues A La Russ (take 5)
JRC236-7	Blues A La Russ (take 7)

Russell Jacquet - Blues A La Russ c/w Side Saddle Blues (Jewel ON 2001)

same session

Los Angeles, CA, September 21, 1946

JRC237-3

Side Saddle Blues

1947

Dexter Gordon On Dial - The Chase (Spotlite [E] SPJ 130)

Melba Liston (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Charles Fox (p) Red Callender (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

Hollywood, CA, June 5, 1947

D1081-D	Mischievous Lady
D1081-E	-

Wardell Gray (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) replaces Liston, Fox

Hollywood, CA, June 12, 1947

D1083-C	The Chase (nc.)
D1083-D	The Chase, Pt. 1
D1084-D	The Chase, Pt. 2

omit Gray

same location, date

D1085-B	Chromatic Aberration
D1086-A	It's The Talk Of The Town, I (On The Town)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Red Callender (b) Roy Porter (d)

NYC, December 4, 1947

D1141-E	Ghost Of A Chance
D1142-A	Sweet And Lovely
D1142-D	-

add Teddy Edwards (ts)

same location, date

D1143-C	The Duel, Pt. 1 (Horning In, Pt. 1)
D1143-DD	The Duel, Pt. 1

Dexter Gordon On Dial - Move! (Spotlite [E] SPJ 133)

Melba Liston (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Charles Fox (p) Red Callender (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

Hollywood, CA, June 5, 1947

D1082-F

Lullaby In Rhythm

Jimmy Bunn (p) replaces Liston, Fox

Hollywood, CA, June 12, 1947

D1085-C	Iridescence (Chromatic Aberration)
D1086-B	It's The Talk Of The Town, II (Talk Of The Town)
D1087-A	Bikini (Blues Bikini)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Red Callender (b) Roy Porter (d)

NYC, December 4, 1947

D1141-C

Ghost Of A Chance

Dexter Gordon (Dial LP 204)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Red Callender (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

Hollywood, CA, June 12, 1947

D1085-A

Chromatic Aberration

Various Artists - Okeh Jazz (Epic EG 37315)

Howard McGhee (tp) Willie Smith (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Jackie Mills (d) Mary Ann McCall (vo) Ralph Burns (arr, cond)

Los Angeles, CA, June 19, 1947

HCO2391-1	Money Is Honey
HCO2392-2	(I Want A) Big Butter And Egg Man
HCO2393-1	On Time

Various Artists - Jazz Off The Air, Vol. 3 (Spotlite [E] SPJ 148)

Al Grey (tb) Benny Carter (as, tp) Dexter Gordon, Lucky Thompson (ts) Sonny White (p) Jimmy Cannady (g) Tom Moultrie (b) Percy Brice (d) Clarke Gilben, Hal Hooper, Jane Hutton, Chuck Lowry (vo) and others

Pasadena, CA, middle 1947

	One O'Clock Jump
	Jump Call
	My Gal Sal

Benny Carter And His Orchestra (AFRS Jubilee 246)

same session

Pasadena, CA, middle 1947

	Prelude To A Kiss
	Somebody Loves Me

Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray - Jazz Concert - West Coast (Savoy MG 12012)

Howard McGhee (tp) Trummy Young (tb) Sonny Criss (as) Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Barney Kessel (g) possibly Leroy Gray (b) Ken Kennedy (d)

"Elks Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, July 6, 1947

BOP3	The Hunt, Pt. 1 (Rock' N' Shoals)
BOP4	The Hunt, Pt. 2 (Rock' N' Shoals)
BOP5	The Hunt, Pt. 3 (Rock' N' Shoals)
BOP6	The Hunt, Pt. 4 (Rock' N' Shoals)
BOP7	The Hunt, Pt. 5 (Rock' N' Shoals)
BOP8	The Hunt, Pt. 6 (Rock' N' Shoals)
BOP9	The Hunt, Pt. 7 (Rock' N' Shoals)
BOP10	The Hunt, Pt. 8 (Rock' N' Shoals)

same session

BOP15	Bopera, Pt. 1 (Disorder At The Border)
BOP16	Bopera, Pt. 2 (Disorder At The Border)
BOP17	Bopera, Pt. 3 (Disorder At The Border)
BOP18	Bopera, Pt. 4 (Disorder At The Border)
BOP19	Bopera, Pt. 5 (Disorder At The Border)
BOP20	Bopera, Pt. 6 (Disorder At The Border)
BOP21	Bopera, Pt. 7 (Disorder At The Border)

Wardell Gray/Dexter Gordon - The Hunt (Savoy SJL 2222)

Howard McGhee (tp) Trummy Young (tb) Sonny Criss (as) Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Roy Porter (d)

"Elks Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, July 6, 1947

BOP36	Bopland, Pt. 1 (Byas-A-Drink)
BOP37	Bopland, Pt. 2 (Byas-A-Drink)
BOP38	Bopland, Pt. 3 (Byas-A-Drink)
BOP39	Bopland, Pt. 4 (Byas-A-Drink)
BOP40	Bopland, Pt. 5 (Byas-A-Drink)
BOP41	Bopland, Pt. 6 (Byas-A-Drink)

Various Artists - Jazz Concert West Coast (Regent MG 6049)

same session

"Elks Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, July 6, 1947

BOP42	Jeronimo, Pt. 1 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)
BOP43	Jeronimo, Pt. 2 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)
BOP44	Jeronimo, Pt. 3 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)
BOP45	Jeronimo, Pt. 4 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)
BOP46	Jeronimo, Pt. 5 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)
BOP47	Jeronimo, Pt. 6 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)
BOP48	Jeronimo, Pt. 7 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)
BOP49	Jeronimo, Pt. 8 (Cherrykoke) (Cherokee)

** also issued on Savoy MG 12196.

Various Artists - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 4 (Capitol M 11029)

Ray Linn (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, as) Red Norvo (vib) Dodo Marmarosa (p -2) Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Jackie Mills (d) Shorty Rogers (arr)

Los Angeles, CA, November 28, 1947

1. 2626-5D	I'll Follow You
2. 2644-4D	Bop!

Various Artists - Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions (Mosaic MQ19-170)

Ray Linn (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, as) Red Norvo (p) Barney Kessel (g -1) Red Callender (b) Jackie Mills (d) Jesse Price (vo) Shorty Rogers (arr)

Los Angeles, CA, November 28, 1947

1. 2627-2D	Baby, Let's Be Friends!
2. 2628-1D	My Baby Done Left Me

** also issued on Mosaic MD12-170.

Dexter Gordon On Dial - The Complete Sessions (Spotlite [E] SPJ 130 CD)

Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Red Callender (b) Roy Porter (d)

NYC, December 4, 1947

D1144-C	The Duel, Pt. 2 (Horning In, Pt. 2)
D1144-DF	The Duel, Pt. 2

Wynonie Harris - Love Is Like Rain c/w Your Money Don't Mean A Thing (Come Live With Me Baby) (King 4217)

Bob Merrill (tp) Gerald Valentine (tb) Don Stovall (as) Dexter Gordon, William Parker (ts) unknown (p) Rene Hall (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Wynonie Harris (vo)

NYC, December 16, 1947

K5321

Your Money Don't Mean A Thing (Come Live With Me Baby)

Various Artists - The Bebop Boys (Savoy SJL 2225)

Joe Newman (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts, as) Leo Parker (bars) Hank Jones (p) Curly Russell (b) Shadow Wilson (d)

NYC, December 19, 1947

S3495-2	Wee Dot
S3495-4	-
S3496	Solitude
S3497-2	The Lion Roars
S3497-4	-

Leo Parker - Birth Of Bop, Vol. 1 (Savoy XP 8060)

same session

NYC, December 19, 1947

S3498

Mad Lad Boogie

Fats Navarro Memorial, Vol. 2 - Nostalgia (Savoy MG 12133)

Fats Navarro (tp -2/4) Dexter Gordon (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Art Mardigan (d)

NYC, December 22, 1947

1. S3511	Dexter's Mood
2. S3512	Dextrose
3. S3513	Index
4. S3514	Dextivity

1948 (The age of 25)

Various Artists - Battle Of Tenor Saxes (IAJRC 15)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Red Callender (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

December 16, 1948

One The Town

1949

Dizzy Gillespie - Strictly Be Bop (Capitol M 11059)

Fats Navarro (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Vidal Balado (cga) Diego Iborra (bgo) Rae Pearl (vo)

NYC, January 18, 1949

3391-3E	Sid's Delight
3392-3E	Casbah

1950

Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 2 (Prestige PRLP 7009)

Clark Terry (tp) Sonny Criss (as) Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Billy Hadnott (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

"Hula Hut Club", Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1950

(1231)	Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 1&2 (aka Move)
(1232)	Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 3&4 (aka Move)

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 051.
** part of Prestige PR 7343.

The Sonny Criss Memorial Album (Xanadu 200)

Clark Terry (tp) Sonny Criss (as) Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Billy Hadnott (b) Chuck Thompson (d) Damita Jo (vo)

"Hula Hut Club", Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1950

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Various Artists - Black California (Savoy SJL 2215)

Vernon Smith (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Freddie Simon (bars -1/4) Maurice Simon (bars -5/8) Ernie Freeman (p -1/4) Ernie Freedman (p -5/8) Red Callender (b) J.C. Heard (d) Helen Humes (vo)

Los Angeles, CA, November 20, 1950

1. D418	Ain't Gonna Quit You Baby
2. D419-4	Helen's Advice
3. D420	Knockin' Myself Out
4. D421-4	Airplane Blues
5.	Ain't Gonna Quit You Baby
6.	Helen's Advice
7.	Knockin' Myself Out
8.	Airplane Blues

1952

Helen Humes - Be-Baba-Leba 1942-52 (Whiskey, Women And... KM 701)

unknown (tp) unknown (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Helen Humes (vo)

'Just Jazz Concert', Pasadena, CA, February 2, 1952

	They Raided The Joint
	Loud Takin' Woman

Helen Humes - New Million Dollar Secret (Whiskey, Women And... KM 707)

same session

'Just Jazz Concert', Pasadena, CA, February 2, 1952

	Mean Way Of Lovin'
	I Cried For You

Wardell Gray/Dexter Gordon - Gene Norman Presents The Chase And The Steeplechase (Decca DL 7025)

Conte Candoli (tp -1) Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts) Bobby Tucker (p) Don Bagley (b) Chico Hamilton (d)

'Just Jazz Concert', Pasadena, CA, February 2, 1952

1.	The Steeplechase
2.	The Chase

Les Thompson - Gene Norman Presents Just Jazz (RCA Victor LPM 3102)

Conte Candoli (tp) Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts) Les Thompson (hca) Bobby Tucker (p) Don Bagley (b) Chico Hamilton (d)

'Just Jazz Concert', Pasadena, CA, February 2, 1952

	Take The "A" Train
	Robbins' Nest
	Stardust

Wardell Gray/Dexter Gordon - The Master Swingers! (Fontana FJL 907)

Wardell Gray (ts -1/4) Dexter Gordon (ts, bars) Gerald Wiggins (p, org, cel) Red Callender (b) Chuck Thompson (d) Gladys Bentley (vo)

Hollywood, CA, June 9, 1952

1.	The Rubaiyat
2.	The Rubaiyat (alt. take)
3.	Jungle Jungle Jump
4.	Citizen's Bop
5.	My Kinda Love

Lowell Fulson (Swing Time 320)

Dexter Gordon (ts) unknown (bars) unknown (p) Lowell Fulson (g) unknown (b) unknown (d)

Hollywood, CA, June, 1952

Good Party Shuffle

1955 (The age of 32)

Dexter Gordon - Daddy Plays The Horn (Bethlehem BCP 36)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Lawrence Marable (d)

Hollywood, CA, September 18, 1955

	Daddy Plays The Horn
	Confirmation, Pt. 1&2
	Darn That Dream
	Number Four
	Autumn In New York, Pt. 1&2
	You Can Depend On Me

Stan Levey - This Time The Drum's On Me (Bethlehem BCP 37)

Conte Candoli (tp) Frank Rosolino (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d)

Los Angeles, CA, September 27 & 28, 1955

	Diggin' For Diz
	Ruby, My Dear
	Tune Up
	La Chaloupee
	Day In, Day Out
	Stanley The Steamer
	This Time The Dream's On Me

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Blows Hot And Cool (Dootone DLP 207)

Jimmy Robinson (tp -1/6) Dexter Gordon (ts) Carl Perkins (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

November 11 & 12, 1955

1.	Cry Me A River
2.	Don't Worry 'Bout Me
3.	I Hear Music
4.	I Should Care
5.	Blowin' For Dootsie
6.	Tenderly
7.	Silver Plated
8.	Rhythm Mad
9.	Bonna Rue

1960 (The age of 37)

The Resurgence Of Dexter Gordon (Jazzland JLP 29)

Martin Banks (tp -1/4,6) Richard Boone (tb -1/4,6) Dexter Gordon (ts) Dolo Coker (p) Charles Green (b) Lawrence Marable (d)

Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 1960

1.	Home Run
2.	Dolo
3.	Lovely Lisa
4.	Affair In Havana
5.	Jodi
6.	Field Day

** also issued on Prestige MPP 2511; Fantasy OJCCD 929-2.

1961

Dexter Gordon - Doin' Allright (Blue Note BLP 4077)

Freddie Hubbard (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Horace Parlan (p) George Tucker (b) Al Harewood (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 6, 1961

tk.5	I Was Doing All Right
tk.12	You've Changed
tk.13	Society Red
tk.20	It's You Or No One
tk.21	For Regulars Only

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84077, CDP 7 84077-2.

Dexter Gordon - Doin' Allright (Blue Note CDP 7 84077-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 6, 1961

tk.10	I Want More
tk.18	For Regulars Only (alt. take)

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 4077 + 2 bonus tracks.

Dexter Gordon - Landslide (Blue Note LT 1051)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 9, 1961

tk.4

Landslide

Tommy Turrentine (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Al Lucas (b) Willie Bobo (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 5, 1962

tk.11	Serenade In Blue
tk.12	You Said It
tk.19	Love Locked Out

Dave Burns (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Ron Carter (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 25, 1962

tk.6	Blue Gardenia
tk.12	Second Balcony Jump
tk.21	Six Bits Jones

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling... (Blue Note BLP 4083)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 9, 1961

tk.8	Modal Mood
tk.13	Clear The Dex
tk.20	Soul Sister
tk.26	Smile
tk.28	Ernie's Tune
tk.32	I Want More
tk.34	The End Of A Love Affair

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84083, CDP 7 46544-2.

1962

Pony Poindexter - Pony's Express (Epic LA 16035)

Gene Quill, Phil Woods (as) Pony Poindexter (as, ss) Dexter Gordon, Billy Mitchell (ts) Pepper Adams (bars) Gildo Machones (p) Bill Yancey (b) Charlie Persip (d) Gene Kee (arr)

NYC, May 10, 1962

	Cattin' Latin
	Pony's Express
	Artistry In Rhythm
	Salt Peanuts
	Struttin' With Some Barbecue

Various Artists - Jingle Bell Jazz (Columbia CL 1893)

same session

NYC, May 10, 1962

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

** also issued on Columbia CS 8693.

Dexter Gordon - The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 34200-2)

Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Dexter Gordon (ts) Don Patterson (org) Paul Weedon (g) Billy James (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 14, 1962

tk.4	Lady Be Good

Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off (Blue Note BLP 4109)

Freddie Hubbard (tp, flh) Dexter Gordon (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Butch Warren (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 28, 1962

tk.1	Empty Pockets
tk.4	Three Bags Full
tk.6	Watermelon Man
tk.10	The Maze
tk.13	Driftin'
tk.20	Alone And I

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84109, CDP 7243 8 37643-2.

Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37643-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 28, 1962

tk.3	Empty Pockets (alt. take)
tk.5	Three Bags Full (alt. take)
tk.7	Watermelon Man (alt. take)

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 4109 + 3 bonus tracks.

Dexter Gordon - Go! (Blue Note BLP 4112)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Butch Warren (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 27, 1962

tk.3	Three O'Clock In The Morning
tk.4	Second Balcony Jump
tk.6	Where Are You?
tk.8	Cheese Cake
tk.12	I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
tk.13	Love For Sale

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84112.

Dexter Gordon - A Swingin' Affair (Blue Note BLP 4133)

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 29, 1962

tk.3	McSplivens
tk.6	The Back Bone
tk.15	Soy Califa
tk.21	You Stepped Out Of A Dream
tk.20	Until The Real Thing Comes Along
tk.22	Don't Explain

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84133.

Dexter Gordon/Atli Bjorn - Cry Me A River: Dexter In Radioland, Vol. 1 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 6004)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Atli Bjorn (p) Marcel Rigou (b) William Schiopffe (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, November 28, 1962

	I'll Remember April
	Cry Me A River

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 36004.

1963 (The age of 40)

Bud Powell - Alternate Takes (Blue Note BST 84430)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Bud Powell (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Francis Wolff (prod)

CBS Studios, Paris, France, May 23, 1963

(tk.3)

Our Love Is Here To Stay

Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris (Blue Note BLP 4146)

same session

CBS Studios, Paris, France, May 23, 1963

(tk.4)	Broadway
(tk.5)	Stairway To The Stars
(tk.1)	A Night In Tunisia
(tk.8)	Willow Weep For Me
(tk.3)	Scrapple From The Apple

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84146, CDP 7 46394-2.

1964

Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up (Blue Note BLP 4176)

Donald Byrd (tp -1,2) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Art Taylor (d) Frank Wolff (prod)

Barclay Studios, Paris, France, June 2, 1964

1. 1387 tk.13	Coppin' The Haven
2. 1386 tk.17	Tanya
3. 1388 tk.23	Darn That Dream

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84176, CDP 7 84176-2.

Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up (Blue Note CDP 7 84176-2)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Art Taylor (d) Frank Wolff (prod)

Barclay Studios, Paris, France, June 2, 1964

1389 tk.20

Kong Neptune (aka King Neptune)

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 4176 + 1 bonus track.

Dexter Gordon - Cheese Cake: Dexter In Radioland, Vol. 2 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 6008)

Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Tete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alex Riel (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11, 1964

	Cheese Cake
	Manha De Carnaval
	Second Balcony Jump

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 36008.

Dexter Gordon - King Neptune: Dexter In Radioland, Vol. 3 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 6012)

Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Tete Montoliu (p) Benny Nielsen (b) Alex Riel (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 25, 1964

	King Neptune
	Satin Doll
	Body And Soul
	I Want To Blow Now

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 36012.

Dexter Gordon - I Want More: Dexter In Radioland, Vol. 4 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 6015)

Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Tete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Rune Carlsson (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9, 1964

	I Want More
	Come Rain Or Come Shine
	Where Are You?
	Second Balcony Jump
	I Want To Blow Now

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 36015.

Dexter Gordon - Love For Sale: Dexter In Radioland, Vol. 5 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 6018)

Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Tete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alex Riel (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23, 1964

	Love For Sale
	I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
	Big Fat Butterfly
	Soul Sister
	Cherokee

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 36018.

Dexter Gordon - It's You Or No One: Dexter In Radioland, Vol. 6 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 6022)

same personnel

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 6, 1964

	Just Friends
	Three O'Clock In The Morning
	Where Are You?
	It's You Or No One

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 36022.

Dexter Gordon - Billie's Bounce: Dexter In Radioland, Vol. 7 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 6028)

same personnel

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 20, 1964

	Billie's Bounce
	Satin Doll
	Soul Sister
	A Night In Tunisia

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 36028.

1965

Dexter Gordon - Clubhouse (Blue Note [J] GXF 3055)

Freddie Hubbard (tp -1/3,5,6) Dexter Gordon (ts) Barry Harris (p) Bob Cranshaw (b -1,3/6) Ben Tucker (b -2) Billy Higgins (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 27, 1965

1. 1586 tk.3	Hanky Panky
2. 1587 tk.5	Devilette
3. 1588 tk.7	Clubhouse
4. 1589 tk.14	Jodi
5. 1590 tk.17	I'm A Fool To Want You
6. 1591 tk.22	Lady Iris B

** also issued on Blue Note LT 989.

Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around (Blue Note BLP 4204)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Barry Harris (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 28, 1965

1592 tk.4	Le Coiffeur
1593 tk.11	Manha De Carnaval
1594 tk.28	Everybody Somebody's Fool

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 29, 1965

1595 tk.10	Shiny Stockings
1596 tk.15	Who Can I Turn To?
1597 tk.17	Heartaches

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84204, CDP 7 46681-2.

Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around (Blue Note CDP 7 46681-2)

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 28, 1965

tk.23

Flick Of A Trick

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 29, 1965

tk.6	Very Saxily Yours

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 4204 + 2 bonus tracks.

Booker Ervin/Dexter Gordon - Setting The Space (Prestige PR 7455)

Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon (ts) Jaki Byard (p) Reggie Workman (b) Alan Dawson (d)

Munchen, West Germany, October 27, 1965

	Settin' The Space
	Dexter's Deck

Dexter Gordon (Musica Jazz [It] 2MJP 1081)

Albert Mangelsdorff (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Peter Truk (b) Cees See (d)

Berlin, West Germany, October 31, 1965

Dig

Benny Bailey (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)

Bologna, Italy, August 31, 1968

In Your Own Sweet Way

Kitty White (Colover CLS 1229)

Sonny Grey (tp) Melih Gurel (flh) Dexter Gordon (ts) Jean-Louis Chautemps (bars) Kitty White (p, vo) Pierre Cullaz (g) Michel Gaudry or Jimmy Woode (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

Paris, France, December 2, 1965

	Say It Isn't So
	My Kind Of Guy

1967

Dexter Gordon - The Squirrel (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 57302-2)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Bo Stief (b) Art Taylor (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 29, 1967

	The Squirrel
	Cheese Cake
	You've Changed
	Sonnymoon For Two

Dexter Gordon - The Montmartre Collection, Vol. 1 (Black Lion [E] BLP 30102)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1967

	Sonnymoon For Two
	For All We Know
	Devilette
	Doxy
	Like Someone In Love
	Body And Soul

Dexter Gordon - The Montmartre Collection, Vol. 2 (Black Lion [E] BLP 30157)

same session

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1967

	There Will Never Be Another You
	Blues Walk
	Come Rain Or Come Shine
	Misty

same personnel

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1967

Take The "A" Train

Dexter Gordon - The Montmartre Collection (Black Lion [J] 27JDB 150/51)

same session

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1967

But Not For Me

Dexter Gordon - Those Were The Days (Moon [It] MCD 059-2)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Lars Sjosten (p) Torbjorn Hultcrantz (b) Jual Curtis (d)

Continental, 1967

The Shadow Of Your Smile

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)

Continental, 1968

Soy Cflifas

Makaya Ntshoko (d) replaces Heath

Continental, 1969

	Those Were The Days
	Fried Bananas

Red Rodney (tp -2) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) unknown (d)

Continental, 1971

1.	The Rainbow People
2.	Buzzy

1968 (The age of 45)

Johnny Griffin/Dexter Gordon - Jazz Undulation (Joker [J] UPS 2058)

Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

West Germany, January 25, 1968

Blues Up And Down

Ben Webster - Master Of Jazz, Vol. 5 (Storyville [D] SLP 4105)

Palle Bolvig, Allan Botschinsky, Perry Knudsen, Palle Mikkelborg (tp) Per Espersen, Ole Kurt Jensen, Torolf Molgaard, Axel Windfeld (tb) Dexter Gordon, Uffe Karskov, Bent Nielsen, Sahib Shihab, Jesper Thilo, Ben Webster (reeds) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d) Ray Pitts (arr) Niels Jorgen Steen (arr, cond) 16 strings (-3,4)

Copenhagen, Denmark, middle 1968

1.	Stompy Jones
2.	Cottontail
3.	Goin' Home (I'm Going Home)
4.	Come Sunday

1969

Dexter Gordon - After Hours (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1224)

Rolf Ericson (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Lars Sjosten (p) Sture Nordin (b) Per Hulten (d)

live in Stockholm, Sweden, January 23, 1969

	All The Things You Are
	Darn That Dream
	Straight, No Chaser
	The Theme

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31224.

Dexter Gordon - After Hours (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31224)

same session

live in Stockholm, Sweden, January 23, 1969

I Remember You

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1224 + 1 bonus track.

Dexter Gordon - After Midnight (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1226)

same session

live in Stockholm, Sweden, January 23, 1969

	Three O'Clock In The Morning
	Prancing (No Blues)

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31226.

Dexter Gordon - After Midnight (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31226)

same session

live in Stockholm, Sweden, January 23, 1969

Body And Soul

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1226 + 1 bonus track.

Dexter Gordon Live At The Amsterdam Paradiso (Catfish 5C188-24336/37)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Cees Slinger (p) Jacques Schols (b) Han Bennink (d)

Amsterdam, Holland, February 5, 1969

	Fried Bananas
	What's New?
	Good Bait
	Rhythm-A-Ning
	Willow Weep For Me
	Junior
	Scrapple From The Apple

Dexter Gordon - A Day In Copenhagen (MPS [G] 15230)

Dizzy Reece (tp -1/4,6) Slide Hampton (tb -1/4,6) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Art Taylor (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, March 10, 1969

1.	My Blues
2.	You Don't Know What Love Is
3.	A New Thing
4.	What's New?
5.	The Shadow Of Your Smile
6.	A Day In Vienna

** also issued on MPS/BASF [G] CRM 698, 21 20698-1; Pausa PR 7058; Prestige PR 7763.

Dexter Gordon - The Tower Of Power! (Prestige PR 7623)

Dexter Gordon, James Moody (ts) Barry Harris (p) Buster Williams (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)

NYC, April 2, 1969

Montmartre

omit Moody

NYC, April 4, 1969

	The Rainbow People
	Stanley The Steamer
	Those Were The Days

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 299, OJCCD 299-2.
** part of Prestige P 24087.

Dexter Gordon - More Power! (Prestige PR 7680)

Dexter Gordon, James Moody (ts) Barry Harris (p) Buster Williams (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)

NYC, April 2, 1969

	Lady Bird
	Sticky Wicket

omit Moody

NYC, April 4, 1969

	Meditation
	Fried Bananas
	Boston Bernie

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 815-2.
** part of Prestige P 24087.

Dexter Gordon Plays The Blues - Blue Dex (Prestige PRCD 11003-2)

Dexter Gordon, James Moody (ts) Barry Harris (p) Buster Williams (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)

NYC, April 2, 1969

Sticky Wicket (alt. take)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Sam Jones (b) Roy Brooks (d)

NYC, August 27, 1970

The Jumpin' Blues (alt. take)

Dexter Gordon - L.T.D. (Prestige PRCD 11018-2)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Bobby Timmons (p) Victor Gaskin (b) Percy Brice (d)

'The Left Bank Jazz Society', "The Famous Ballroom", Baltimore, MD, May 4, 1969

	Broadway
	Boston Bernie
	In A Sentimental Mood
	Blues Up And Down

Dexter Gordon - XXL (Prestige PRCD 11023-2)

same session

'The Left Bank Jazz Society', "The Famous Ballroom", Baltimore, MD, May 4, 1969

	Rhythm-A-Ning
	Misty
	Love For Sale

1970

Karin Krog/Dexter Gordon - Some Other Spring (Sonet [Swd] SLP 1407)

Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Espen Rud (d) Karin Krog (vo)

Oslo, Norway, May 10, 1970

	Some Other Spring
	Blue Monk
	How Insensitive
	Blue Eyes
	Jelly, Jelly
	Tribute To Jimmy Scott
	I Wish I Knew
	Everybody's Somebody's Fool
	Shiny Stockings

Karin Krog/Dexter Gordon - Blues And Ballads (Sonet [J] J33J 20211)

same session

Oslo, Norway, May 10, 1970

	Some Other Spring (alt. take)
	Blue Monk (alt. take)
	Shiny Stockings (alt. take)

Dexter Gordon With Junior Mance At Montreux (Prestige PR 7861)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Junior Mance (p) Martin Rivera (b) Oliver Jackson (d)

'Montreux Jazz Festival', "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, June 18, 1970

	Fried Bananas
	Sophisticated Lady
	Rhythm-A-Ning
	Body And Soul
	Blue Monk

** also issued on Prestige PRCD 7861-2.

Dexter Gordon With Junior Mance At Montreux (Prestige PRCD 7861-2)

same session

'Montreux Jazz Festival', "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, June 18, 1970

The Panther!

** reissue of Prestige PR 7861 + 1 bonus track.

Dexter Gordon - The Panther! (Prestige PR 7829)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Larry Ridley (b) Alan Dawson (d)

NYC, July 7, 1970

	The Panther!
	Body And Soul
	Valse Robin
	Mrs. Miniver
	The Christmas Song
	The Blues Walk

** also issued on Prestige PR 10030; Fantasy OJCCD 770-2.

Charles Mingus - Dexter Gordon - Charlie Parker (J For Jazz JFJ 802)

Dexter Gordon (ts) John Young (p) Rufus Reid (b) Wilbur Campbell (d)

Chicago, IL, July 26, 1970

	Love For Sale
	Sticky Wicket
	The Shadow Of Your Smile
	Rhythm-A-Ning

Gene Ammons/Dexter Gordon - The Chase! (Prestige PR 10010)

Dexter Gordon (ts) John Young (p) Cleveland Eaton (b) Steve McCall (d)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, afternoon set, July 26, 1970

Polka Dots And Moonbeams

Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Jodie Christian (p) Rufus Reid (b) Wilbur Campbell (d) Vi Redd (vo -2)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, evening set, July 26, 1970

1.	The Chase!
2.	Lonesome Lover Blues, No. 1

** also issued on Prestige PRCD 24166-2.

Gene Ammons/Dexter Gordon - The Chase! (Prestige PRCD 24166-2)

Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Jodie Christian (p) Rufus Reid (b) Wilbur Campbell (d)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, evening set, July 26, 1970

Ballad Medley: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) / I Can't Get Started / My Funny Valentine / Misty

** reissue of Prestige PR 10010 + 2 bonus tracks.

Various Artists - 25 Years Of Prestige (Prestige PR 24046)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Jodie Christian (p) Rufus Reid (b) Wilbur Campbell (d)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, evening set, July 26, 1970

Wee Dot

Various Artists - The Charlie Parker Memorial Concert (Cadet 2CA 60002)

Red Rodney (tp) Von Freeman, Dexter Gordon (ts) Jodie Christian (p) Rufus Reid (b) Roy Haynes (d)

'The Charlie Parker Memorial Concert', Roosevelt College, Chicago, IL, August 2, 1970

18775	Groovin' High
18776	Billie's Bounce

** also issued on Chess CH2 92510.

Dexter Gordon - The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige PR 10020)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Sam Jones (b) Roy Brooks (d)

NYC, August 27, 1970

	Evergreenish
	For Sentimental Reasons
	Star Eyes
	Rhythm-A-Ning (Straight, No Chaser)
	If You Could See Me Now
	The Jumpin' Blues

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 899-2.

Dexter Gordon Quartet (Everest FS 360)

Dexter Gordon (ts) George Duke (p) Donald Rafael Garrett (b) Oliver Johnson (d)

San Francisco, CA, August, 1970

	Wee Dot
	The Rainbow People

Various Artists - International Jubilaum Jazz Festival Zurich (MPS/BASF [G] CRP 843)

Franco Ambrosetti (tp) Michel Portal (bcl, tarogato) Dexter Gordon (ts) George Gruntz (p) Bed Guerin, Eberhard Weber (b) Pierre Favre, Tony Oxley (d)

'International Jubilaum Jazz Festival', Zurich, Switzerland, September 18, 1970

Bunaura

** also issued on MPS/BASF [G] 25 20843-5.

1971

Dexter Gordon - The Shadow Of Your Smile (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1206)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Lars Sjosten (p) Sture Nordin (b) Fredrik Noren (d)

live in Stockholm, Sweden, April 21, 1971

	Secret Love
	Polka Dots And Moonbeams
	The Shadow Of Your Smile
	Summertime

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31206.

Hampton Hawes - A Little Copenhagen Night Music (Arista Freedom AL 1043)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Henry Franklin (b) Michael Carvin (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2, 1971

	Long Tall Dexter
	Yesterdays

Various Artists - Zurich Jazz Festival (MPS [G] 15326)

Franco Ambrosetti, Benny Bailey, Art Farmer, Dusko Goykovich (tp) Slide Hampton, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ake Persson, Jiggs Whigham (tb) Heinz Bigler, Leo Wright (as) Herb Geller (as, ob) Don Byas, Dexter Gordon (ts) Sahib Shihab (bars) George Gruntz (p, arr) Isla Eckinger (b) Tony Inzalaco (d)

'International Festival', Zurich, Switzerland, September 16, 1971

The Age Of Prominence

** also issued on MPS/BASF [G] 33 21277-7.

Various Artists - From Europe With Jazz (MPS [G] 15369)

same session

'International Festival', Zurich, Switzerland, September 16, 1971

Lonely Woman

** also issued on MPS/BASF [G] 21 21437-0.

Dexter Gordon - Body And Soul (Arco 3 ARC 109/IMS 3 ARC 109)

Dexter Gordon (ts) George Cables (p) Rufus Reed (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

San Diego, CA, October 17, 1971

	Secret Love
	Tannya
	Body And Soul

1972

George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band - The Band: The Alpine Power Plant (MPS [G] 15366)

Franco Ambrosetti, Dusko Goykovich, Virgil Jones, Woody Shaw (tp) Benny Bailey (tp, flh) Erich Kleinschuster, Ake Persson, Jiggs Whigham (tb) Runo Ericson (btb) Herb Geller, Phil Woods (as) Flavio Ambrosetti (as, ss) Eddie Daniels, Dexter Gordon (ts) Sahib Shihab (bars) George Gruntz (p, el-p, dir) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Daniel Humair (d)

Lugano, Switzerland, April 5 & 6, 1972

	Our Suite Dig
	Pistrophallobus
	Witch
	Stitch
	English Waltz
	The Tango
	Gravenstein
	Saint Charity
	The Age Of Prominence

** also issued on MPS/BASF [G] 33 21460-5.

Dexter Gordon - Ca'Purange (Prestige P 10051)

Thad Jones (tp, flh) Dexter Gordon (ts) Hank Jones (p) Stanley Clarke (b) Louis Hayes (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 22, 1972

	Ca'Purange
	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
	Oh! Karen O
	Airegin

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 1005-2.

Dexter Gordon - Ca'Purange (Fantasy OJCCD 1005-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 22, 1972

Airegin (alt. take)

** reissue of Prestige P 10051 + 1 bonus track.

Dexter Gordon - Tangerine (Prestige P 10091)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 22, 1972

	Tangerine
	August Blues
	What It Was

Dexter Gordon (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Buster Williams (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 28, 1972

The Days Of Wine And Roses

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 1041-2.

Various Artists - Newport In New York '72: The Jam Sessions, Vol. 3&4 (Cobblestone CST 9026-2)

Harry Edison (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Dexter Gordon, James Moody, Flip Phillips, Zoot Sims (ts) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, str, mzo, whistle) Herbie Hancock (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Larry Ridley (b) Tony Williams (d)

Radio City Music Hall, NYC, July 3, 1972

25542

Impressions (So What)

Howard McGhee, Clark Terry (tp) Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt (ts) Gary Burton (vib) George Duke (p) Jimmy Smith (org) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)

Radio City Music Hall, NYC, July 6, 1972

25541

Blue 'N' Boogie

** part of Cobblestone CST 9032-6.

Dexter Gordon - Generation (Prestige P 10069)

Freddie Hubbard (tp, flh) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Buster Williams (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 22, 1972

	Milestones
	Scared To Be Alone
	We See
	The Group

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 836-2.

Dexter Gordon - Generation (Fantasy OJCCD 836-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 22, 1972

Milestones (alt. take)

** reissue of Prestige P 10069 + 1 bonus track.

Charles Mingus Quintet Featuring Dexter Gordon (White Label)

Charles McPherson (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) John Foster (p) Charles Mingus (b) Roy Brooks (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 28, 1972

Jelly Roll Muddy Blues

All Souls' Dexter Gordon (Dexterity ST 1 001)

Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Rob Agerbeek (p) Henk Haverhoek (b) Eric Ineke (d)

The Hague, Holland, November 2, 1972

	Some Other Blues
	Stablemates
	The Shadow Of Your Smile
	Jelly Jelly
	You Stepped Out Of A Dream

Ben Webster/Dexter Gordon - Baden 1972: Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 10 (TCB 02102)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Ben Webster (ts -2,4) Kenny Drew (p) Bo Stief (b) Ed Thigpen (d)

Baden, Switzerland, November 11, 1972

1.	Some Other Blues
2.	In A Mellotone
3.	Didn't We
4.	Perdido

1973 (The age of 50)

Dexter Gordon/Sonny Grey - Parisian Concert (Futura [F] GER 41)

Sonny Grey (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Georges Arvanitas (p) Jacki Samson (b) Charles Saudrais (d)

Paris, France, February 16, 1973

	Caloon Blues
	Fried Bananas
	No Matter How
	Dexter Laps Out

** also issued on Spotlite [E] SPJ 10 entitled "Dexter Gordon With Georges Arvanitas Trio".

Miriam Klein - Lady Like (MPS [G] 15405)

Roy Eldridge (tp) Slide Hampton (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Vince Benedetti (p, arr) Oscar Klein (g) Isla Eckinger (b, arr) Billy Brooks (d) Miriam Klein (vo)

Munchen, West Germany, June 6, 1973

	Comes Love
	What A Little Moonlight Can Do
	You've Changed
	The Man I Love
	Big Stuff
	Fine And Mellow
	I Cried For You
	Yesterdays
	Body And Soul

** also issued on MPS/BASF [G] 21 21885-6.

Dexter Gordon Quartet (Up Front UPF 188)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Hampton Hawes (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

Los Angeles, CA, summer 1973

	Modal Mood
	Ernie's Tune
	Smile
	Soul Sister
	Clear The Dex

Dexter Gordon - Blues A La Suisse (Prestige P 10079)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Hampton Hawes (p, el-p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Kenny Clarke (d)

'Montreux Jazz Festival', "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, July 7, 1973

	Gingerbread Boy
	Blues A La Suisse
	Some Other Spring
	Secret Love

Gene Ammons And Friends At Montreux (Prestige P 10078)

Nat Adderley (cor) Cannonball Adderley (as) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Hampton Hawes (p, el-p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Kenny Clarke (d)

'Montreux Jazz Festival', "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, July 7, 1973

Treux Bleu

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 1023-2.

Jackie McLean Featuring Dexter Gordon, Vol. 1 - The Meeting (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1006)

Jackie McLean (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alex Riel (d)

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1973

All Clean

same personnel

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1973

	Rue De La Harpe
	Sunset
	On The Trail

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31006.

Jackie McLean Featuring Dexter Gordon, Vol. 1 - The Meeting (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31006)

same session

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1973

Callin'

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1006 + 1 bonus track.

Jackie McLean Featuring Dexter Gordon, Vol. 2 - The Source (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1020)

same personnel

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1973

	Half Nelson
	I Can't Get Started

same personnel

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1973

	Another Hair Do
	Dexter Digs In
	Closing

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31020.

Jackie McLean Featuring Dexter Gordon, Vol. 2 - The Source (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31020)

same personnel

"Cafe Mountmartre", Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1973

	On The Trail
	Closing (alt. take)

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1020 + 2 bonus tracks.

1974

Slide Hampton/Joe Haider - Give Me A Double (MPS [G] 15432)

Benny Bailey, Ack Van Rooyen, Idrees Sulieman (tp) Bob Burgess, Slide Hampton (tb) Eric Van Lier (btb, tu) Ferdinand Povel (as, fl) Dexter Gordon (ts) Andy Scherrer (ts, ss) Joe Haider (p) Isla Eckinger (b) Billy Brooks (d)

Munchen, West Germany, January 16-18, 1974

	Tribute
	Grandfather's Garden
	Think
	Like A Blues
	Tante Nelly
	What Is Happening
	Quiet Nights
	Petaluma
	Waltz For My Lady
	A Time For Love

** also issued on MPS/BASF [G] 29 22311-6.

Dexter Gordon - The Apartment (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1025)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b)

Copenhagen, Denmark, May 24, 1974

Old Folks

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, September 8, 1974

	The Apartment
	Wee Dot
	Strollin'
	Candlelight Lady
	Anbatus

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31025.

Dexter Gordon/Benny Bailey - Round Midnight (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1290)

Benny Bailey (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Lars Sjosten (p) Torbjorn Hultcrantz (b) Jual Curtis (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, autumn 1974

	Blue 'N' Boogie
	What's New?
	Stella By Starlight
	'Round About Midnight
	Neptunus

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31290.

Dexter Gordon/Benny Bailey - Revelation (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1373)

same session

Copenhagen, Denmark, autumn 1974

	At Ronnie's
	Polka Dots And Moonbeams
	I Can't Get Started
	The Days Of Wine And Roses
	The Shadow Of Your Smile
	Revelation

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31373.

1975

Dexter Gordon - More Than You Know (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1030)

Allan Botschinsky, Benny Rosenfeld, Idrees Sulieman (tp, flh) Preben Garnov (flh) Richard Boone, Vincent Nilsson (tb) Axel Windfeld (btb) Erwin Jacobsen (ehr, ob) Bent Larsen (cl, afl, bfl) Dexter Gordon (ts, ss, vo) Luba Boschenko (harp) Thomas Clausen (p, el-p) Ole Molin (g) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Klaus Nordsoe (per) Palle Mikkelborg (arr, cond) 5 strings

Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21-23, 1975

	Naima
	Good Morning Sun
	Ernie's Tune
	Tivoli
	More Than You Know

Idrees Sulieman (tp, flh) Palle Mikkelborg (tp, arr, cond) Vincent Nilsson (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts, ss, vo) Thomas Clausen (p, el-p) Kenneth Knudsen (syn) Ole Molin (g) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alex Riel (d) Klaus Nordsoe (per)

Copenhagen, Denmark, March 27, 1975

The Girl With The Purple Eyes

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31030.

Dexter Gordon - More Than You Know (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31030)

Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21-23, 1975

The Happy Madness

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1030 + 1 bonus track.

Dexter Gordon - Stable Mable (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1040)

Dexter Gordon (ts, ss) Horace Parlan (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Tony Inzalaco (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, March 10, 1975

	Just Friends
	Misty
	Red Cross
	So What
	In A Sentimental Mood
	Stablemates

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31040.

Dexter Gordon - Swiss Nights, Vol. 1 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1050)

Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alex Riel (d)

Zurich, Switzerland, August 23, 1975

	Tenor Madness
	Wave
	You've Changed
	The Days Of Wine And Roses

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31050.

Dexter Gordon - Swiss Nights, Vol. 1 (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31050)

same session

Zurich, Switzerland, August 23, 1975

The Panther

same personnel

Zurich, Switzerland, August 24, 1975

Montmartre

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1050 + 2 bonus tracks.

Dexter Gordon - Swiss Nights, Vol. 2 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1090)

same personnel

Zurich, Switzerland, August 23, 1975

	Montmartre
	Sticky Wicket

same personnel

Zurich, Switzerland, August 24, 1975

	There Is No Greater Love
	Darn That Dream

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31090.

Dexter Gordon - Swiss Nights, Vol. 2 (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31090)

same personnel

Zurich, Switzerland, August 23, 1975

Rhythm-A-Ning

same personnel

Zurich, Switzerland, August 24, 1975

Wave

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1090 + 2 bonus tracks.

Dexter Gordon - Swiss Nights, Vol. 3 (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1110)

same session

Zurich, Switzerland, August 24, 1975

	Jelly, Jelly
	Sophisticated Lady
	Rhythm-A-Ning

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31110.

Dexter Gordon - Swiss Nights, Vol. 3 (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31110)

Joe Newman (tp -2) Dexter Gordon (ts, vo) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alex Riel (d)

Zurich, Switzerland, August 24, 1975

1.	Tenor Madness
2.	The Days Of Wine And Roses

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1110 + 2 bonus tracks.

Dexter Gordon - Something Different (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1136)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Philip Catherine (g) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, September 13, 1975

	Freddie Freeloader
	When Sunny Gets Blue
	Invitation
	Winther's Calling
	Yesterday's Mood
	Polka Dots And Moonbeams

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31136.

Dexter Gordon - Something Different (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31136)

same session

Copenhagen, Denmark, September 13, 1975

	Freddie Freeloader (alt. take)
	Yesterday's Mood (alt. take)

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1136 + 2 bonus tracks.

Dexter Gordon - Bouncin' With Dex (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1060)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Tete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, September 14, 1975

	Billie's Bounce
	Easy Living
	Benji's Bounce
	Catalonian Nights
	Four

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31060.

Dexter Gordon (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1975/76)

Dexter Gordon (ts) and others

Copenhagen, Denmark, November 29, 1975

	The Christmas Song
	Dona Lee

1976

Esko Linnavalli - A Goodtime Was Had By All (Finnlevy SFLP 9590)

Kaj Backlund, Allan Botschinsky, Markku Johansson, Simo Salminen (tp, flh) Juhani Aalto, Petri Juutilainen, Mircea Stan (tb) Tom Bildo (btb) Pekka Poyry (as, ss, fl) Dexter Gordon, Eero Koivistoinen (ts, ss) Juhani Aaltonen (ts, ss, fl) Pentti Lahti (bars, ss, fl) Esko Linnavalli (p, el-p, arr) Geogr Wadenius (g) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Eako Rosnell (d)

Helsinki, Finland, May 17-19, 1976

	Talking With Mr. Jones
	Sarl
	Eclipse
	A Goodtime Was Had By All

Dexter Gordon - Strings And Things (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1145)

Markku Johansson (tp) Allan Botschinsky (tp, flh) Pekka Poyry (ss) Eero Koivistoinen (ts) Dexter Gordon (ts, ss, vo) Ole Molin (g) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Esko Linnavalli, Palle Mikkelborg (dir) and others

Copenhagen, Denmark, May, 1976

	Sari
	Eclipse
	This Happy Madness
	A Good Time Was Had

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31145.

Dexter Gordon - Strings And Things (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31145)

same session

Copenhagen, Denmark, May, 1976

Girl With The Purple Eyes

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1145 + 1 bonus track.

Dexter Gordon - Lullaby For A Monster (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1156)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Alex Riel (d)

Copenhagen, Denmark, June 15, 1976

	Nursery Blues
	Lullaby For A Monster
	On Green Dolphin Street
	Born To Be Blue
	Tayna

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31156.

Al Cohn/Dexter Gordon - True Blue (Xanadu 136)

Blue Mitchell, Sam Noto (tp) Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon (ts) Barry Harris (p) Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (d)

NYC, October 22, 1976

	Lady Bird
	How Deep Is The Ocean?
	True Blue

Al Cohn/Dexter Gordon - Silver Blue (Xanadu 137)

Blue Mitchell, Sam Noto (tp -1,2) Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon (ts) Barry Harris (p -1,2) Sam Jones (b -1,2) Louis Hayes (d -1,2)

NYC, October 22, 1976

1.	Allen's Alley
2.	Silver's Blue
3.	On The Trail

Dexter Gordon - Biting The Apple (SteepleChase [D] SCS 1080)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Barry Harris (p) Sam Jones (b) Al Foster (d)

NYC, November 9, 1976

	Apple Jump
	I'll Remember April
	Skylark
	A La Modal

** also issued on SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31080.

Dexter Gordon - Biting The Apple (SteepleChase [D] SCCD 31080)

same session

NYC, November 9, 1976

	Blue Bossa
	Georgia On My Mind

** reissue of SteepleChase [D] SCS 1080 + 2 bonus tracks.

Dexter Gordon - Homecoming (Columbia PG 34650)

Woody Shaw (tp, flh) Dexter Gordon (ts) Ronnie Mathews (p) Stafford James (b) Louis Hayes (d)

NYC, December 11 & 12, 1976

	Gingerbread Boy
	Little Red's Fantasy
	Fenja
	In Case You Haven't Heard
	It's You Or No One
	Let's Get Down
	'Round About Midnight
	Backstairs

Dexter Gordon - Homecoming (Columbia/Legacy C2K 46824)

same session

NYC, December 11 & 12, 1976

	Fried Bananas
	Body And Soul

Dexter Gordon With Leon Pendarvis Orchestra (Columbia 3 10565)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Mike Mainieri (vib) Leon Pendarvis (p, arr) Cornell Dupree, Steve Khan (g) Bob Babbitt (b) Chris Parker (d) Erroll Bennett (per) unidentified strings

NYC, December, 1976

Isn't She Lovely?

1977

Dexter Gordon - Sophisticated Giant (Columbia JC 34989)

Benny Bailey, Woody Shaw (tp, flh) Slide Hampton (tp, arr) Wayne Andre (tb) Frank Wess (as, fl, picc) Dexter Gordon (ts, ss) Howard Johnson (bars, tu) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) George Cables (p) Rufus Reid (b) Victor Lewis (d)

NYC, June 21 & 22, 1977

	Laura
	The Moontrane
	Red Top
	Fried Bananas
	You're Blase
	How Insensitive

Various Artists - Montreux Summit, Vol. 1 (Columbia JG 35005)

Woody Shaw (tp) Greg Bowen, Alan Downey, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Mark, Joe Morsello (tp -1/3) Clifford Hardie, David Horler, Geoffrey Perkins (tb -1/3) Slide Hampton (tb, cond -4) Bobbi Humphrey, Hubert Laws, Thijis Van Leer (fl -1/3) Dexter Gordon (ts) Stan Getz, Benny Golson (ts -1/3) Bobby Millitello (bars -1/3) Bob James (key -1/3) George Duke (key -1/3, p -4) Eric Gale, Steve Khan (g -1/3) Janne Schaffer (g -2,3) Alphonso Johnson (b -1/3) Gordon Johnson (b -4) Billy Cobham (d -1/3) Billy Brooks (d -4) Ralph MacDonald (per -1/3)

'Montreux Jazz Festival', "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, July 24, 1977

1.	Blues March
2.	Montreux Summit
3.	Andromeda
4.	Fried Bananas

Various Artists - Montreux Summit, Vol. 2 (Columbia JG 35090)

Woody Shaw (tp) Maynard Ferguson (tp -2) Slide Hampton (tb, cond) Hubert Laws (fl -2) Dexter Gordon (ts) Stan Getz (ts -2) George Duke (p) Gordon Johnson (b) Billy Brooks (d)

'Montreux Jazz Festival', "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, July 24, 1977

1.	The Moontrane
2.	Red Top

Lionel Hampton With Dexter Gordon (Who's Who In Jazz WWLP 21011)

Dexter Gordon (ts, ss) Lionel Hampton (vib) Hank Jones (p) Bucky Pizzarelli (g) George Duvivier (b) Oliver Jackson (d) Candido (cga)

NYC, November 11, 1977

	Cute
	They Say That Falling In Love Is Wonderful
	Lullaby Of Birdland
	I Should Care
	Seven Come Eleven
	Blues For Gates

Various Artists - Giants Of Jazz, Vol. 2 (Who's Who In Jazz WWLP 21014)

same session

NYC, November 11, 1977

Lullaby Of The Leaves

Philly Joe Jones - Philly Mignon (Galaxy GXY 5112)

Dexter Gordon (ts) George Cables (p) Ron Carter (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, November 29 & 30, December 1, 1977

	Neptunis
	Polka Dots And Moonbeams

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 1935-2.

1978 (The age of 55)

Dexter Gordon - Great Encounters (Columbia JC 35978)

Dexter Gordon (ts) George Cables (p) Rufus Reid (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

NYC, May 1, 1978

Ruby, My Dear

add Johnny Griffin (ts)

"Carnegie Hall", NYC, September 23, 1978

	Blues Up And Down
	Cheese Cake

Woody Shaw (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) George Cables (p) Rufus Reid (b) Eddie Gladden (d) Eddie Jefferson (vo)

NYC, January 26, 1979

	Diggin' In
	It's Only A Paper Moon

Dexter Gordon - Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia JC 35608)

Dexter Gordon (ts) George Cables (p) Rufus Reid (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

NYC, May 2, 1978

	Moment's Notice
	Tanya

same personnel

NYC, May 3, 1978

	Body And Soul
	LTD
	I Told You So

same personnel

NYC, May 4, 1978

As Time Goes By

Dexter Gordon - Nights At The Keystone (Blue Note BABB 85112)

Dexter Gordon (ts, ss) George Cables (p) Rufus Reid (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, May 13, 1978

Antabus

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, May 16, 1978

	It's You Or No One
	Tangerine
	Come Rain Or Come Shine

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, March 23, 1979

Sophisticated Lady

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, March 24, 1979

Easy Living

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, March 27, 1979

More Than You Know

Dexter Gordon - Nights At The Keystone, Vol. 3 (Blue Note CDP 7 94850-2)

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, September 16, 1978

Body And Soul

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, September 17, 1978

I Told You So

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, March 24, 1979

	You've Changed
	As Time Goes By

Dexter Gordon - Nights At The Keystone, Vol. 2 (Blue Note CDP 7 94849-2)

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, September 17, 1978

Gingerbread Boy

same personnel

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, March 23, 1979

The Panther

Dexter Gordon - A Cantata (West Wind [G] WW 2079)

Dexter Gordon (ts) George Cables (p) Rufus Reid (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

Rome, Italy, October, 1978

	Secret Love
	Tanya

1979

Various Artists - Havana Jam, II (Columbia PC2 36180)

Woody Shaw (tp -3) Hubert Laws (fl -3) Arthur Blythe (as -3) Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon (ts) Jimmy Heath (ts -3) Bobby Hutcherson (vib, mar) Cedar Walton (p) Percy Heath (b) Tony Williams (d) Willie Bobo (per -3)

"Karl-Marx Theatre", Havana, Cuba, March 3-5, 1979

1.	Polka Dots And Moonbeams
2.	Tin Tin Deo
3.	Sounds For Sore Ears

Various Artists - Havana Jam (Columbia PC2 36053)

same session

"Karl-Marx Theatre", Havana, Cuba, March 3-5, 1979

Project S.

Dexter Gordon - Nights At The Keystone, Vol. 1 (Blue Note CDP 7 94848-2)

Dexter Gordon (ts, ss) George Cables (p) Rufus Reid (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

"Keystone Korner", San Francisco, CA, March 24, 1979

Backstaris/Ltd

1980

Dexter Gordon - Gotham City (Columbia JC 36853)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Cedar Walton (p) George Benson (g) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 11, 1980

	Hi-Fly
	Gotham City

Woody Shaw (tp -1) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 12, 1980

1.	The Blues Walk
2.	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Various Artists - Yule Struttin' (Blue Note CDP 7 94857-2)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kirk Lightsey (p) David Eubanks (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, November 4, 1980

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (alt. take)

1981

Dexter Gordon - Backstairs (Tokyo M-Plus [J] JLR 103, 603)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kirk Lightsey (p) Rufus Reid (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

NYC, May 5, 1981

	Tangerine
	I Told You So
	Skylark
	Backstairs
	It's You Or No One
	Tanya
	As Time Goes By
	Jumpin' Blues

Dexter Gordon - Jive Fernando (Chiaroscuro CR 2029)

Dexter Gordon (ts) George Duke (key) Donald Rafael Garrett (b) Oliver Johnson (d)

San Francisco, CA, August, 1981

	Fried Bananas (Jive Fernando)
	Blue Monk
	The Shadow Of Your Smile
	Montmartre

1982

Dexter Gordon - American Classic (Elektra/Musician E1 60126)

Grover Washington Jr. (ss -1,3) Dexter Gordon (ts) Shirley Scott (org) Eddie Gladden (d)

Philadelphia, PA, March 8, 1982

1.	The Jumpin' Blues
2.	Besame Mucho
3.	For Soul Sister

Dexter Gordon (ts) Kirk Lightsey (p) David Eubanks (b) Eddie Gladden (d)

NYC, May 16, 1982

	Sticky Wicket
	Skylark
	Interview With Gordon

Various Artists - In Performance At The Playboy Jazz Festival (Elektra/Musician E1 60298)

Woody Shaw (tp) Steve Turre (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Kirk Lightsey (p) David Eubanks (b) Eddie Gladden (d) Ray Mantilla (cga)

'Playboy Jazz Festival', "Hollywood Bowl", Los Angeles, CA, June 19 & 20, 1982

	Fried Bananas
	You've Changed

Various Artists - Aurex Jazz Festival '82 All Star Jam (East World Jazz [J] EWJ 80238)

Clark Terry (tp, flh, vo) J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb -1,2) Dexter Gordon (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Richard Davis (b) Roy Haynes (d)

'Aurex Jazz Festival', Tokyo, Japan, September 1, 1982

1.	The Snapper
2.	Milestones
3.	Minor Mishap

same personnel

'Aurex Jazz Festival', Osaka, Japan, September 2, 1982

	I Want A Little Girl
	It's All Right With Me

same personnel

'Aurex Jazz Festival', Japan, September 5, 1982

	Listen To Dawn
	Georgia On My Mind

Various Artists - Aurex Jazz Festival '82 Live Special (East World Jazz [J] EWJ 80255)

same personnel

'Aurex Jazz Festival', Osaka, Japan, September 2, 1982

	Soba Up
	God Bless' The Child
	Walkin'

1985 (The age of 62)

Herbie Hancock - Round Midnight (Columbia SC 40464)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Wayne Shorter (ts -1) Bobby Hutcherson (vib -1) Herbie Hancock (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Billy Higgins (d) Lonette McKee (vo -2)

Paris, France, July 1-12, 1985

1.	Una Noche Con Francis
2.	How Long Has This Been Going On?
3.	Still Time

Dexter Gordon (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) John McLaughlin (g) Pierre Michelot (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Studio Eclair, Paris, France, July 1-12, 1985

Body And Soul

Freddie Hubbard (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d)

Studio Eclair, Paris, France, August 20 & 21, 1985

Rhythm-A-Ning

Dexter Gordon - The Other Side Of Round Midnight (Blue Note BT 85135)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) John McLaughlin (g) Pierre Michelot (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Studio Eclair, Paris, France, July 1-12, 1985

As Time Goes By

Freddie Hubbard (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d)

Studio Eclair, Paris, France, August 20 & 21, 1985

Society Red

Palle Mikkelborg (tp) Wayne Shorter (ss) Dexter Gordon (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Ron Carter, Mads Vinding (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Studio Davout, Paris, France, August 22, 1985

'Round About Midnight

Palle Mikkelborg (tp) Dexter Gordon (ss) Cedar Walton (p) Mads Vinding (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Studio Davout, Paris, France, August 23, 1985

Tivoli

1987

Tony Bennett - Berlin (Columbia FC 44029)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Ralph Sharon (p, arr) Paul Langosch (b) Joe LaBarbera (d) Tony Bennett (vo)

New Jersey, 1987

	All Of My Life
	White Christmas

Others

Dexter Gordon Plays (Fresh Sound [Sp] FSR 154)

Dexter Gordon (ts) and others

unknown location, date

unknown titles