Dexter Gordon

• THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION

• 4 COMPLETE ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET EDITION

• 4-PANEL DIGIPACK

• 16-PAGE BOOKLET

• 10 OUTSTANDINGS PHOTOS

This release includes two complete consecutive 1962 masterpieces by the great Dexter Gordon: "Go!" (Blue Note BST84112), and "A Swingin’ Affair" (Blue Note BST84133). Both albums were made in the course of the same week and with the exact same quartet, which consisted of Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. Gordon wouldn’t record another session with this same formation. Clark died in January of 1963 at the age of 31.

The 2-CD set is filled with two further complete albums presenting Dexter with outstanding pianists: the quartet LP "Dexter Calling" (Blue Note BST84083), featuring Kenny Drew, and "Dexter Blows Hot and Cool" (Dootone DTL207), recorded mostly in a quartet format (Jimmy Robinson plays trumpet on just three tunes), with Carl Perkins at the piano.

PERSONNEL:

• DEXTER GORDON, tenor sax on all tracks, plus:

• CD 1 [1-6]: GO! / CD 2 [1-6]: A SWINGIN' AFFAIR
• Sonny Clark, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, August 27 & 29, 1962.

• BONUS ALBUMS:
• CD 1, [7-15]: DEXTER BLOWS HOT AND COOL
• Carl Perkins, piano; Leroy Vinnegar, bass;
• Chuck Thompson, drums;
• Jimmy Robinson , trumpet (on 7, 9 & 12 only).
• Hollywood, California, November 11-12, 1955.

• CD 2 [7-13]: DEXTER CALLING
• Kenny Drew, piano; Paul Chambers, bass;
• Philly Joe Jones, drums.
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 9, 1961.

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 74:36 Min.
• 01 Cheese Cake
• 02 I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
• 03 Second Balcony Jump
• 04 Love for Sale
• 05 Where Are You?
• 06 Three O’Clock in the Morning
• 07 Silver Plated
• 08 Cry Me a River
• 09 Rhythm Mad
• 10 Don’t Worry About Me
• 11 I Hear Music
• 12 Bonna Rue
• 13 I Should Care
• 14 Blowin’ for Dootsie
• 15 Tenderly

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 76:25 Min.
• 01 Soy Califa
• 02 Don’t Explain
• 03 You Stepped Out of a Dream
• 04 The Backbone
• 05 Until the Real Thing Comes Along
• 06 McSplivens
• 07 Soul Sister
• 08 Modal Mood
• 09 I Want More
• 10 The End of a Love Affair
• 11 Clear the Dex
• 12 Ernie’s Tune
• 13 Smile