1. As Long As There's Music 2. They Can't Take That Away From Me 3. For Heaven's Sake 4. There And Back 5. I'm All Smiles 6. Cousin Mary 7. Triste 8. Canyon 9. I Fall In Love Too Easily 10. The Man I Love
Denny Zeitlin - piano Buster Williams - bass Al Foster - drums
Recorded on December 5, 1997 at Clinton Studio "A", NYC.
プレイヤーも様々だが、アルバムとしての統一感はある。ラストのBody And Soulだけが78年9月のライブ演奏。残り7曲は60年代のスタジオ録音。その中の2曲はパリで録音されている。つまり、バランスを考えての選曲だったのだろう。構成は録音順でないので、アルバム全体の雰囲気を重視した感じだ。それだけでなく、ジャケットを見れば手を抜かなかったことが分かる。自分は左利きで左手に煙草を持つから、ゴードンも左利きだったのか。
1. Darn That Dream 2. Don't Explain 3. I'm A Fool To Want You 4. Ernie's Tune 5. You've Changed 6. Willow Weep For Me 7. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 8. Body And Soul
Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
Track 1 / original album "One Flight Up" Donald Byrd - trumpet Kenny Drew - piano, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass, Art Taylor - drums Recorded on June 2, 1964 at CBS Studios, Paris.
Track 2 / original album "A Swingin' Affair" Sonny Clark - piano, Butch Warren - bass, Billy Higgins - drums Recorded on August 29, 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Track 3 / original album "Clubhouse" Freddie Hubbard - trumpet Barry Harris - piano, Bob Cranshaw - bass, Billy Higgins - drums Recorded on May 27, 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Track 4 / original album "Dexter Calling..." Kenny Drew - piano, Paul Chambers - bass, Philly Joe Jones - drums Recorded on May 9, 1961 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Track 5 / original album "Doin' Allright" Freddie Hubbard - trumpet Horace Parlan - piano, George Tucker - bass, Al Harewood - drums Recorded on May 6, 1961 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Track 6 / original album "Our Man In Paris" Bud Powell - piano, Pierre Michelot - bass, Kenny Clarke - drums Recorded on May 23, 1963 at CBS Studios, Paris.
Track 7 / original album "Go!" Sonny Clark - piano, Butch Warren - bass, Billy Higgins - drums Recorded on August 27, 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Track 8 / original album "Nights At The Keystone Vo.3" George Cables - piano, Rufus Reid - bass, Eddie Gladden - drums Recorded on September 16, 1978 at The Keystone Korner, San Francisco.
