Daddy Plays the Horn [Original recording remastered]

Dexter Gordon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B000AAIXQ8
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,350 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Daddy Plays the Horn

2. Confirmation

3. Darn That Dream

4. Number Four

5. Autumn in New York

6. You Can Depend on Me

Editorial Reviews

Bethlehem Records was a New York–based independent record label active in the 1950s and ’60s. It boasted an impressive array of jazz talent, including Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Mel Tormé, Dexter Gordon, and many others. Shout! Factory is proud to be reissuing some of the key Bethlehem albums.

Tenor sax player Dexter Gordon was a mainstay of the Los Angeles scene in the 1940s, but involvement with drugs, including time in prison, kept him largely out of music for a decade. In 1961, he made a major comeback, with a string of classic albums on the Blue Note and Steeplechase labels and a career that lasted well into the 1980s. Daddy Plays The Horn, one of only three sessions that he recorded in the 1950s, shows that Dexter’s talents never deserted him.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure swagger, pure Dexter, August 22, 2000

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M. Adachi "Me B3" (Point Richmond, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Daddy Plays the Horn (Audio CD)

Dexter's Bethlehem recordings are markedly different from the recordings he made with Blue Note Records. The Bethlehem recordings capture Dexter brimming with confidence as always, but without the bitter tone he adopted in later years. Call it youthful exuberance. It's awe inspiring. Pure swagger. Dexter is backed by pianist Kenny Drew, heavyweight bass player Leroy Vinnegar, and young Lawrence Marable on drums (currently with Alan Broadbent and Charlie Haden). I've been listening to this album for 20 years and it's still fresh as the day I bought it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DEXTER GORDON LIVES ON!, July 28, 2000

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Evan Cummings (Vancouver, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daddy Plays the Horn (Audio CD)

This beautifully remastered CD is a joy for those of us who are too young to have enjoyed this musical genius during the 50s. My favorites are the slower tunes "Darn that Dream" and "Autumn in New York". The other four selections have a be-bop feel to them and are great, but you won't be playing this CD during a romantic interlude. Also, be warned: Whoever printed the song list put #3 as "You Can Depend on Me" when it's actually "Darn that Dream" (listed as #6).

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DEXTER GETTING HIS CHOPS BACK, February 25, 2006

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James E. Dollison (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Daddy Plays the Horn (Audio CD)

IT IS MY UNDERSTANING THAT THIS "ALBUM" WAS RECORDED IN THE 50'S. DEXTER HAD NOT TOO LONG GOTTEN OUT OF THE JOINT FOR A DRUG BEEF. THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN HE SOUNDS BRILLIANT. BETHELHAM AND SAVOY RECORDS DID NOT ALWAYS EMPLOYE THE BEST RECORDING TECHNIQUES OR USE THE BEST RECORDING EQUIPMENT !