Round Midnight [Original recording reissued, Soundtrack]

Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 2002)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000658N8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,003 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Jazz Classic!, December 15, 2002

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Russell Edward Button (Alameda, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Round Midnight (Audio CD)

This is an alblum littered with some of the best jazz
players on the planet. Many of them are dead now mind
you, so you might want to get out and listen to some
of the great live ones while they're still with us.

I think that for an alblum to get a 5 star rating, there
has to be at least one track which is unforgettable. A
lot of folks like "Chan's Song", which has become a jazz
standard. But for my money, I'm wild about Lonettee McKee's
rendition of "How Long Has This Been Going On?" Wow! It's
a shame she didn't give up the big money of being a Hollywood
star for the life of an unappreciated jazz musician because
she's got the heart for it, not to mention the pipes. This
is one of those renditions that tells you a story you actually
can believe instead of just being a pretty voice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great jazz score, June 30, 2006

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Julio Lopez "soundtrack fan" (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Round Midnight (Audio CD)

I'm not so keen on jazz music; however, I must say that this album is excellent, probably the second best of its kind after the all-time classic soundtrack for "Ascenseur Pour L'Echauffaud" ("Elevator to the Gallows"), one of the masterpieces by Louis Malle. The music here is certainly high class material: atmospheric, suggestive and wonderfully interpreted. If you're a jazz buff and haven't heard it yet, be sure that you've missed half of your life, so GET IT RIGHT AWAY!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dexter is not playing very well, October 29, 2009

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L. Topper - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Round Midnight (Audio CD)

There are alot of marvelous musicians on this record. Herbie Hancock does a wonderful job as music director. It is a real treat to hear John McGloughlin play standard, traditional jazz guitar. No one can doubt his chops, but some if his playing on his Mahavishnu Orchestra is just noise to me.

The movie that serves as the inspiration of this record is good to see and interesting for the story. Dexter's playing is some of his worst. I do not know if the point of the story is to tell the last years of a broken down jazz musician or if not, but that is how he sounds for much of this soundtrack.

If you want this record as souvenir of the movie, so be it. If you want this record to be an example of Dexter Gordon's playing, forget it. I probably have most if not all of the compact discs commercially available of Dexter Gordon's music--both live dates and studio recordings. This is not one of his best performance.