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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely the best of Dex!, July 12, 2001
I am an avid jazz fan, and am in the jazz business. I have also had thousands of jazz albums and CDs in my time. And, well this one rates as one of the best albums in jazz history. This is a collection, though, and all the music can be found on other albums, but I must admit it is a fabulous collection. Another album that is a must have is Dexters album "Lullaby for a Monster" if you don't have it, get it. It is pure genous, Dex at his very best. His compositions are creative and his improv is the best I've ever heard. It is so good it is hard to tell where the tune ends and the improv begins. Other killer Dex CDs to check out are: Biting the apple, Something Different, Clubhouse, and Come Rain or Come Shine. Another classic tenor album in this style is Soul Station by Hank Mobley. Sorry for all the recomendations, but its taken me a lot of listening to come to these conclusions and just wanted to pass along my opinion.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
cool american music, July 9, 2001
The famous photograph on the album cover hung in my room when I was a teenager, before I had developed any real appreciation for jazz. I liked the feel of the photo, dex so cool in his suit and hat and horn and blowing out smoke like he was just the coolest cat in the world. I think the photo was so cool that it made me start smoking - or maybe that was my older brother. In any case, I just wanted to add these five stars to all of the others and, you never know, maybe this will tip the scale towards somebody seeking out this great work. Dex really was a cool cat, and it is gratifying to know that he returned to the US while he could still play high-quality music. His exile also serves to remind americans of the debt that we owe to European audiences (esp. the French - as tough as it is to thank them) for sticking with Jazz in the early 70's when americans were fleeing to mass produced music and the orgiastic pagan rituals of stadium rock. I liked very much the review from salt lake city with its explanations of spacing and the essential romantic quality of jazz ballads. Jazz wasn't meant to be rocket science (though it's great when it is) it is just meant to swing.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the glory of the deep, April 17, 2004
This is by far, the most wonderful album recorded by any saxphonist great in time. Dexter Gordon certainly had an eye to his best performance in the choices of cuts to meet the sinfully moving, slurring and sassy, very senuous slow motion where he absolutely spectacular. He specializes in slow and drawing the music from below. This album is not for the faint-hearted. I imagine that he has closed those eyes of his and saw heaven through pursed lips, knowing that such a place must be a divine gift.
He is there, with you beckoning you to come hither. He reaches so far down that it just resonates in your toes. This is my 7th purchase of the CD. I give to people who I love and never fall asleep with out it.
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~ Dexter Gordon
~ Cannonball Adderley
~ Stanley Turrentine
~ Hank Mobley
~ Miles Davis
by Dexter Gordon 
