Wee Dot Explained

Wee Dot
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Dexter Gordon
Cover:	Wee Dot.jpg
Released:	2003
Recorded:	June 10, 1965
Venue:	Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:48
Label:	SteepleChase SCCD-36031
Producer:	Nils Winther
Chronology:	Dexter Gordon
Prev Title:	Gettin' Around
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Loose Walk
Next Year:	1965

Wee Dot is a live album by American saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1965 by Danmarks Radio and released on the SteepleChase label in 2003.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Thom Jurek stated "Gordon introduces each tune with his gracious, hipster vernacular and trademark dry elegance. There are only four tunes on the set, but they are all extended workouts. The closer, an updated, finger-popping redo of "Second Balcony Jump" (recorded by the saxophonist during his Blue Note years) is surely the finest moment of an already excellent set".

Track listing

1. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:35
2. Introduction – 0:33
3. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) – 8:35
4. Introduction – 0:33
5. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 11:14
6. Introduction – 0:37
7. "Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson) – 14:51
8. Introduction – 0:41
9. "Second Balcony Jump" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) – 1:48

Personnel

• Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
• Atli Bjorn – piano
• Benny Nielsen – bass
• Finn Frederiksen – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dexter-gordon/catalog/#steeplechase-sccd-36031 Dexter Gordon catalog
2. http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/dexter-gordon-wee-dot-sccd-36031/ SteepleChase Records discography
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_6000.htm Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 6000 series discography