Tangerine (Dexter Gordon album)

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Tangerine
Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedJune 22 & 28, 1972
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length42:36
LabelPrestige
PR 10091
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Dexter Gordon chronology
Ca'Purange
(1971)
Tangerine
(1975)
Generation
(1972)

Tangerine is an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "It certainly ranks up there as one of Gordon's greats".[2] Derek Taylor reviewed the CD reissue for All About Jazz in 2000 stating "While this disc isn’t a classic on par with say much of his Blue Note work it still offers up immediate proof of why he resides in the upper echelon of the tenor saxophone hierarchy".[5]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Dexter Gordon except where noted

  1. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 8:54
  2. "August Blues" - 9:47
  3. "What It Was" - 8:07
  4. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Mercer) - 8:43
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 22 (tracks 1-3) and June 28 (track 4), 1972

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dexter Gordon discography accessed July 18, 2013
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 18, 2013
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 88. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 583. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Taylor, D. All About Jazz Review, June 1, 2000