Bouncin' with Dex

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Bouncin' with Dex

| type = Album

| artist = Dexter Gordon Quartet

| cover = Bouncin' with Dex.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1976

| recorded = September 14, 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:45 CD with bonus track

| label = SteepleChase SCS 1060

| producer = Nils Winther

| chronology = Dexter Gordon

| prev_title = Something Different

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Lullaby for a Monster

| next_year = 1976

}}

Bouncin' with Dex is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1060 Dexter Gordon discography], accessed March 24, 2015[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm SteepleChase Records discography], accessed March 24, 2015

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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In his review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden said "Dexter Gordon thrived on the attention of European jazz fans while living there during the 1960s and early '70s, while he also had a wealth of opportunities to record for labels on the continent. This 1975 session for Steeplechase, one of a dozen he made as a leader for the label in the mid-'70s, finds him in top form".{{allMusic|first=Ken|last=Dryden|class=album|id=mw0000049565|title=Bouncin' with Dex – Review|accessdate= March 24, 2015}}

Track listing

  1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 8:01
  2. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:28
  3. "Benji's Bounce" (Dexter Gordon) – 7:06
  4. "Catalonian Nights" (Gordon) – 8:38
  5. "Four" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) – 9:30
  6. "Easy Living" [Alternate Take] (Rainger, Robin) – 8:02 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References