2-CD SET

Producer Don Schlitten conceived this session as a welcom home for Dexter Gordon, after his 14 year “escape” to jazz “enthusiastic” Europe. It documents a transformative moment, both for Gordon’s career and for the jazz business. The True Blue-Silver Blue sessions were a jam session in the true sense of the word. A true example of cohesion, interplay and soloistic adventurousness displayed by Gordon and his front-liners Al Cohn, Blue Mitchell and Sam Noto. A master class on jam session aesthetics through their inspired instant composing.

PERSONNEL:

AL COHN, tenor saxophone
DEXTER GORDON, tenor saxophone
BLUE MITCHELL, trumpet
SAM NOTO, trumpet
BARRY HARRIS, piano
SAM JONES, bass
LOUIS HAYES, drums

New York City, October 22, 1976.

CD 1:

01. Lady Bird
02. How Deep Is The Ocean
03. True Blue

CD 2:

01. On The Trail
02. Allen’s Alley
03. Silver Blue