Stable Mable
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stable Mable
| type = Album
| artist = Dexter Gordon Quartet
| cover = Stable Mable.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = March 10, 1975
| venue =
| studio = Rosenberg Studio (Copenhagen, Denmark)
| genre = Jazz
| length = 71:11 CD with bonus tracks
| label = SteepleChase SCS 1040
| producer = Nils Winther
| chronology = Dexter Gordon
| prev_title = Strings & Things
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Swiss Nights Vol. 1
| next_year = 1975
}}
Stable Mable 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-1040 Dexter Gordon discography], accessed March 17, 2015[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm SteepleChase Records discography], accessed March 17, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/88 88]
}}
}}
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow said "Dexter Gordon is in frequently exuberant form on this quartet session ...the veteran tenor sounds quite inspired throughout the joyous outing".{{allMusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|class=album|id=mw0000181410|title=Stable Mable – Review|accessdate= March 17, 2015}}
Track listing
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 7:59
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 8:18
- "Red Cross" (Charlie Parker) - 7:51
- "So What" (Miles Davis) - 8:23
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 6:54
- "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 9:56
- "Just Friends" [Alternate Take] (Klenner, Lewis) - 8:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Misty" [Alternate Take] (Burke, Garner) - 7:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Red Cross" [Alternate Take] (Parker) - 6:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
References
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