Something Different (Dexter Gordon album) explained

Something Different
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dexter Gordon Quartet
Cover:	Something Different (Dexter Gordon album).jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	September 13, 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	66:51 CD with bonus tracks
Label:	SteepleChase SCS 1136
Producer:	Nils Winther
Chronology:	Dexter Gordon
Prev Title:	Swiss Nights Vol. 3
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Bouncin' with Dex
Next Year:	1975

Something Different is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1980.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote that "the music is at the same high quality level and in the same modern bop genre as one would expect".

Track listing

1. "Freddie Freeloader" (Miles Davis) - 8:33
2. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher) - 6:08
3. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper) - 9:13
4. "Freddie Freeloader" [Take 3] (Davis) - 7:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
5. "Yesterday's Mood" [Take 4] (Slide Hampton) - 8:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Winther's Calling" (Dexter Gordon) - 9:55
7. "Polkadots and Moonbeams" - (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 9:03
8. "Yesterday's Mood" (Hampton) - 8:08

Personnel

• Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
• Philip Catherine - guitar
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass Billy Higgins - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1136 Dexter Gordon discography
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1100.htm SteepleChase Records discography