Dexter Gordon

• Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series

• 180g vinyl LP

• Curated by Don Was and Cem Kurosman

Two days after recording his best selling album, Go!, Dexter Gordon followed with another classic, A Swingin' Affair. The tracks are full of Gordon's unique and innovative improvisations supported by his returning line-up, with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and drummer Billy Higgins. A Swingin' Affair brings a relaxed and upbeat feeling to a hard-bop influenced band.

PERSONNEL:

• DEXTER GORDON Tenor Saxophone
• SONNY CLARK Piano
• BUTCH WARREN Bass
• BILLY HIGGINS Drums

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on August 29, 1962

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 01 SOY CALIFA
• 02 DON'T EXPLAIN
• 03 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM
• SIDE B:
• 04 THE BACKBONE
• 05 UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG
• 06 McSPLIVENS