Something Different (Dexter Gordon album)
| Something Different | ||||
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| Studio album by Dexter Gordon Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | September 13, 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 66:51 CD with bonus tracks | |||
| Label | SteepleChase SCS 1136 | |||
| Producer | Nils Winther | |||
| Dexter Gordon chronology | ||||
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Something Different is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1980.[1][2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote that "the music is at the same high quality level and in the same modern bop genre as one would expect".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Freddie Freeloader" (Miles Davis) - 8:33
- "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher) - 6:08
- "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper) - 9:13
- "Freddie Freeloader" [Take 3] (Davis) - 7:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Yesterday's Mood" [Take 4] (Slide Hampton) - 8:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Winther's Calling" (Dexter Gordon) - 9:55
- "Polkadots and Moonbeams" - (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 9:03
- "Yesterday's Mood" (Hampton) - 8:08
Personnel
[edit]- Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
- Philip Catherine - guitar
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass
- Billy Higgins - drums
References
[edit]- ^ Dexter Gordon discography, accessed March 24, 2015
- ^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Something Different – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 88. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 583. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.