Body and Soul (Dexter Gordon album) explained

Body and Soul
Type:Live album
Artist:Dexter Gordon
Cover:Body and Soul (Dexter Gordon album).jpg
Released:1988
Recorded:July 20, 1967
Venue:Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:Jazz
Length:59:10
Label:Black Lion
BLP 60118
Producer:Alan Bates
Chronology:Dexter Gordon
Prev Title:Both Sides of Midnight
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:Take the "A" Train
Next Year:1967

Body and Soul is a live album by American saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1967.

The album had first been released on the Black Lion label in 1974 as Blues Walk! The Montmatre Collection Vol. II with only four tracks (i.e. without "Come Rain or Come Shine").[1]

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Michael G. Nastos stated "This set is recommended along with the two other CDs from this well-documented engagement".

Track listing

  1. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 12:38
  2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 11:04
  3. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 12:29
  4. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 9:34
  5. "Blues Walk" (Lou Donaldson) – 13:25

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#black-lion-blp-30157 Dexter Gordon catalog