Tangerine (Dexter Gordon album) explained

Tangerine
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Dexter Gordon
Cover:	Tangerine (Dexter Gordon album).jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	June 22 & 28, 1972
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:36
Label:	Prestige PR 10091
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Dexter Gordon
Prev Title:	Ca'Purange
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Generation
Next Year:	1972

Tangerine is an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "It certainly ranks up there as one of Gordon's greats".^[2] Derek Taylor reviewed the CD reissue for All About Jazz in 2000 stating "While this disc isn’t a classic on par with say much of his Blue Note work it still offers up immediate proof of why he resides in the upper echelon of the tenor saxophone hierarchy".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dexter Gordon except where noted

1. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 8:54
2. "August Blues" - 9:47
3. "What It Was" - 8:07
4. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Mercer) - 8:43

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 22 (tracks 1-3) and June 28 (track 4), 1972

Personnel

• Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
• Thad Jones - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1-3)
• Hank Jones (tracks 1-3), Cedar Walton (track 4) - piano
• Stanley Clarke (tracks 1-3), Buster Williams (tracks 4) - bass
• Louis Hayes (tracks 1-3), Billy Higgins (tracks 4) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#prestige-p-10091 Dexter Gordon discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 18, 2013
3. Taylor, D. All About Jazz Review, June 1, 2000