More Power!

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{{Infobox album

| name = More Power!

| type = Studio

| artist = Dexter Gordon

| cover = More Power!.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1969

| recorded = April 2 & 4, 1969
New York City

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 39:48

| label = Prestige
PR 7680

| producer = Don Schlitten

| chronology = Dexter Gordon

| prev_title = The Tower of Power!

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = L.T.D.

| next_year = 1969

}}

More Power! is an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#prestige-pr-7680 Dexter Gordon discography] accessed March 20, 2013

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

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

| rev2 = DownBeat

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}Down Beat: July 9, 1970 vol. 37, no. 13.

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 88

}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=582}}

}}

Lindsay Planer of AllMusic states, "Dexter Gordon's return Stateside resulted in the tenor participating in his first studio sessions in nearly a decade. Not only would his April 1969 confab with James Moody (tenor sax), Barry Harris (piano), Buster Williams (bass), and Albert 'Tootie' Heath (drums) yield this long player, but its predecessor/companion The Tower of Power! as well".Planer, L. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/more-power%21-mw0000121700 AllMusic Review] accessed March 20, 2013

Track listing

All compositions by Dexter Gordon except as indicated

  1. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) / "Half Nelson" (Miles Davis) – 10:38
  2. "Meditation (Meditação)" (Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 8:27
  3. "Fried Bananas" – 6:05
  4. "Boston Bernie" – 7:36
  5. "Sticky Wicket" – 7:02

Personnel

References