Daddy Plays The Horn

Dexter Gordon

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Cat No: BCP36

Release Date: 01 July 2013

Label: Pure Pleasure Records

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5060149621776

Genres: Jazz Bebop

Description
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, London.

"Bethlehem Records was a major jazz label in the 1950's formed by Gus Wildi with an impressive roster of artists including Nina Simone, Dexter Gordon, Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey,Errol Garner, Zoot Sims, Duke Ellington, JJ Johnson and many, many others.

The label distinguished itself by giving artists creative control of their projects and presented albums of rather cutting edge graphic design. Its legacy is a lengthy discography that freshly and ambitiously captured and preserved an era of truly amazing music including West Coast Cool Jazz, East Coast Bop, and Vocalists. For many of the artists, their first or greatest recorded work happened at Bethlehem. By trusting its staff and artists to make their own creative decisions, to experiment, and thus to flourish, Bethlehem actively helped create and not just document a whole and diverse era of Jazz music.

During a period of Dexter Gordon's (tenor sax) life - when he was deep in the throws of chronic drug addiction - the artist was miraculously able to reignite his career during the latter part of 1955. After several years of being out of the spotlight, Gordon resurfaced on the Big Apple-based indie Bethlehem imprint with the half-dozen sides that comprise Daddy Plays the Horn (1956). While the support team provides Gordon top-notch contributions throughout, it is unquestionably Kenny Drew who offers the most in terms of active interaction and his prominence can not be overstated. Nowhere is that as noticeable as the good-natured interaction heard on the disc's opener, the Gordon-penned title composition "Daddy Plays the Horn." In fact it could be argued that Drew enhances the tenor to the point of practically being a co-leader...The seamless transitions between Gordon and Drew are further evidence of their undeniable bond. Saving what may be the best example of the gathered instrumentalists flexing their respective be-bop muscle, "You Can Depend on Me" rounds out the platter with a bang." - Audio Beat Review

Personnel: Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone / Kenny Drew, piano / Leroy Vinnegar, bass / Larry Marable, drums
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