Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard explained

Homecoming: Dexter Gordon Live at the Village Vanguard
Type:	live album
Artist:	Dexter Gordon
Cover:	DexterGordon_HomecomingLiveAtTheVillageVanguard.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	New York, 1976 December 11, 12
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	1:41:43
Producer:	Michael Cuscuna
Prev Title:	Biting the Apple
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Sophisticated Giant
Next Year:	1977

Homecoming is a live double LP by jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1976.^[1] The album's title refers to Gordon's return to the United States after a long residency in Europe.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

LP 1
Side A

1. “Gingerbread Boy” (Jimmy Heath) - 13:29
2. “Little Red's Fantasy” (Woody Shaw) - 12:30

Side B

1. “Fenja” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:34
2. “In Case You Haven't Heard” (Woody Shaw) - 10:55

LP 2
Side C

1. “It's You Or No One” (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 13:46
2. “Let's Get Down” (Ronnie Mathews) - 13:03

Side D

1. “Round Midnight” (Hanighen, Williams, Monk) - 13:06
2. “Backstairs” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:20

+ 2 bonus tracks on the 1990 CD re-issue - from the same 1976 Village Vanguard recording session:

• “Fried Bananas” (Gordon) - 14:34
• ”Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 13:10

Personnel

• Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
• Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Ronnie Mathews - piano
• Stafford James - bass
• Louis Hayes - drums

External links

• Dexter Gordon album catalog at jazzdisco.org
• Homecoming at Discogs.com

Notes and References

1. News: Perry . Richard . Dexterous Bop . The Kingston Whig-Standard . 1 June 1991 . Magazine . 1.
2. News: Thompson . Clifford . 'Sophisticated Giant' Review: Long Tall Tenor Man . The Wall Street Journal . 2 Nov 2018 . Arts.
3. News: Allan . William . December 11, 1977 . Jazz is back...big...on Records . The Pittsburgh Press.