Dexter Gordon: Our Man In Paris (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-Dec-2023-shells Budd Johnson

Budd Johnson

1965 at Van Gelder Studio

The 10-song set of standards includes some of Baker’s most enduring performances including his timeless rendition of “Let’s Get Lost

the middle album in a trilogy of hard bop masterpieces that includes the tenor saxophonist’s equally essential albums Soul Station and Workout

Dexter Gordon: Our Man In Paris (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-Dec-2023-shells Budd JohnsonBlue Note, 1963 Dexter Gordons 1963 album Our Man In Paris was his first dispatch from Europe and is also symbolically considered to be the last true bebop album. After recording his masterful albums GO! and A Swingin Affair in the Summer of 1962, the great saxophonist left the United States for what would be a 14 year period living in Europe. In May 1963, Gordon assembled a quartet with bebop legends and fellow expats Bud Powell on piano and Kenny