More Power

Dexter Gordon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 30, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z08
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,409 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awsome Dexter Gordon album, but lousy sound quality, December 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: More Power (Audio CD)

Nice tunes, but why did they have to destroy the sound quality by running the master into a cheap PC noise reduction system and then claim that it is a better sounding 20 bit release?
I've been looking for ages for the older CD release of it that is not tampered with like this release is.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The mighty Dexter, July 7, 2006

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Power (Audio CD)

Two albums were released by Prestige from material recorded at a two-day session by Dexter Gordon in April 1969; this is the second one (TOWER OF POWER was the first). Excellent tune selection and a very supportive rhythm section (Barry Harris [p] Buster Williams [b] Albert Heath [d]) make this album a success. FRIED BANANAS, a tune Dexter loved and seemed to play whenever he had the chance, gets a good reading here; Dexter's connection to (the early) John Coltrane is obvious on medium-up performances such as this. The 4x4's with Heath are also exiting. I don't know who BOSTON BERNIE was, but he's based on ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE; it's a nice composition taken up here. The Jobim bossa tune MEDITATION features a wonderfully sunny, bright and airy Barry Harris on piano. Two tunes (STICKY WICKET and LADYBIRD) bring in James Moody alongside Dexter; the first tune is a funky blues, but the second, a Tadd Dameron composition, has the better solos - both are excellent, though. Gordon's gut-honest, vibratoless tone is on full display on this date - it's beautiful. I think I like this CD a tad better than the TOWER OF POWER, but both can be highly recommended.