Setting the Pace explained

Setting the Pace
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Booker Ervin with Dexter Gordon
Cover:	Setting the Pace.jpg
Released:	December 1966^[1]
Recorded:	October 27, 1965 Munich, West Germany
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:36
Label:	Prestige PR 7455
Producer:	Don Schlitten
Chronology:	Booker Ervin
Prev Title:	The Trance
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Heavy!!!
Next Year:	1966

Setting the Pace is an album by saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Booker Ervin recorded in Munich in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Although Gordon is in good form, Ervin (who sometimes takes the music outside) wins honors".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Setting the Pace" (Dexter Gordon) – 19:09
2. "Dexter's Deck" (Dexter Gordon) – 22:47
3. "The Trance" (Booker Ervin) – 19:37
4. "Speak Low" (Weil-Nash) – 15:06

Tracks 3 and 4 were added to the 1992 digital remaster of "Setting The Pace"; originally released on "The Trance"

Personnel

• Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
• Jaki Byard – piano
• Reggie Workman – bass
• Alan Dawson – drums

Recorded in Munich, Germany. October 27, 1965.Digital remastering, 1992 by Phil De Lancie

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ACkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=booker+ervin+setting+the+pace&pg=PA45 Billboard December 17, 1966
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#prestige-pr-7455 Dexter Gordon discography
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 21, 2013