True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon album) explained

True Blue
Type:Album
Artist:Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon
Cover:True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon album).jpg
Released:1976
Recorded:October 22, 1976
Genre:Jazz
Label:Xanadu
136
Producer:Don Schlitten
Chronology:Dexter Gordon
Prev Title:Lullaby for a Monster
Prev Year:1976
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Next Year:1976

True Blue is a jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon and saxophonist Al Cohn, recorded in 1976 for Xanadu Records.[1] [2]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars with its review by Michael G. Nastos stating, "True Blue is led in title under the auspices of Dexter Gordon as a welcome home party conducted by Don Schlitten for the expatriate tenor saxophonist in 1976. Essentially a jam session, this very talented septet features a two tenor-two trumpet front line, utilized to emphasize the soloing strength of the horns, not necessarily in joyous shouts or big-band like unison outbursts.".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 10:59
  2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 9:30
  3. "True Blue" (Blue Mitchell) - 17:38[1]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#xanadu-136 Dexter Gordon discography
  2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Xanadu Records discography
  3. Nastos, M. G.. Allmusic Review, accessed April 29, 2014