Dexter Gordon: Doin' Allright (180 GRAM VINYL LP)

Though he first recorded in the late-1940s, Dexter Gordon's Blue Note debut Doin' Allright-recorded and released in 1961-marked a rebirth for the great tenor saxophonist after a decade in which drug addiction and legal troubles limited his output. But his Blue Note years put him back on top with a run of essential albums that stand as classics of the jazz canon. Doin' Allright featured a top flight quintet with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Horace Parlan, bassist George Tucker, and drummer Al Harewood on a set that presented bluesy hard bop originals like "Society Red" and highlighted Gordon's stunning balladry on the standard "You've Changed."



1 I Was Doing All Right (Side A)
2 You've Changed (Side A)
3 For Regulars Only (Side A)
4 Society Red (Side B)
5 It's You or No One (Side B)