Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard
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| Homecoming: Dexter Gordon Live at the Village Vanguard | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | New York, 1976 December 11, 12 | |||
| Venue | The Village Vanguard | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:41:43 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Michael Cuscuna | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Homecoming is a live double LP by jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1976.[2] The album's title refers to Gordon's return to the United States after a long residency in Europe.[3][4]
Track listing
[edit]LP 1
Side A
- “Gingerbread Boy” (Jimmy Heath) - 13:29
- “Little Red's Fantasy” (Woody Shaw) - 12:30
Side B
- “Fenja” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:34
- “In Case You Haven't Heard” (Woody Shaw) - 10:55
LP 2
Side C
- “It's You Or No One” (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 13:46
- “Let's Get Down” (Ronnie Mathews) - 13:03
Side D
- “Round Midnight” (Hanighen, Williams, Monk) - 13:06
- “Backstairs” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:20
+ 2 bonus tracks on the 1990 CD re-issue - from the same 1976 Village Vanguard recording session:
- “Fried Bananas”[4] (Gordon) - 14:34
- ”Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 13:10
Personnel
[edit]- Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
- Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ronnie Mathews - piano
- Stafford James - bass
- Louis Hayes - drums
References
[edit]- ^ "Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard Review by Scott Yanow". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Perry, Richard (1 June 1991). "Dexterous Bop". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
- ^ Thompson, Clifford (2 Nov 2018). "'Sophisticated Giant' Review: Long Tall Tenor Man". Arts. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ a b Allan, William (December 11, 1977). "Jazz is back...big...on Records". The Pittsburgh Press.