Billie's Bounce (album) explained

Billie's Bounce
Type:Live album
Artist:Dexter Gordon Quartet
Cover:Billie's Bounce (album).png
Released:1983
Recorded:August 20, 1964
Venue:Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:Jazz
Length:50:48
Label:SteepleChase
SCC-6028
Producer:Nils Winther
Chronology:Dexter Gordon
Prev Title:I Want More
Prev Year:1964
Next Title:Clubhouse
Next Year:1965

Billie's Bounce (subtitled Dexter In Radioland Vol. 7) is a live album by American saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1964 by Danmarks Radio and released on the SteepleChase label in 1979.[1] [2] [3]

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow stated "The well-recorded performances feature the great bop tenor in peak form and are easily recommended as is this entire Dexter in Radioland series".

Track listing

  1. Introduction by Dexter Gordon – 0:28
  2. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 17:17
  3. "Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:12
  4. Introduction by Dexter Gordon – 0:12
  5. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 16:21
  6. "Soul Sister" (Dexter Gordon) – 13:18

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#steeplechase-sccd-36028 Dexter Gordon catalog
  2. http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/dexter-gordon-billies-bounce-sccd-36028/ SteepleChase Records discography
  3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_6000.htm Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 6000 series discography