Stable Mable Explained

Stable Mable
Type:Album
Artist:Dexter Gordon Quartet
Cover:Stable Mable.jpg
Released:1975
Recorded:March 10, 1975
Studio:Rosenberg Studio (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Genre:Jazz
Length:71:11 CD with bonus tracks
Label:SteepleChase SCS 1040
Producer:Nils Winther
Chronology:Dexter Gordon
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Stable Mable is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1] [2]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow said "Dexter Gordon is in frequently exuberant form on this quartet session ...the veteran tenor sounds quite inspired throughout the joyous outing".

Track listing

  1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 7:59
  2. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 8:18
  3. "Red Cross" (Charlie Parker) - 7:51
  4. "So What" (Miles Davis) - 8:23
  5. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 6:54
  6. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 9:56
  7. "Just Friends" [Alternate Take] (Klenner, Lewis) - 8:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Misty" [Alternate Take] (Burke, Garner) - 7:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Red Cross" [Alternate Take] (Parker) - 6:12 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1040 Dexter Gordon discography
  2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm SteepleChase Records discography