The Dexter Gordon Tribute Show

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Shiny Stockings—Blue Note 1965

For Regulars Only—Blue Note 1961

Dex Interview—Boy Saxophonist

Dexter’s Minor Mad—Dial 1945

Bikini—Dial 1947

The Chase—Dial 1947

Chromatic Aberration—Dial 1947

Dex Interview—Dex On Bebop

Autumn In New York—Bethlehem 1955

I Was Doin’ All Right—Blue Note 1961

Love For Sale—Blue Note 1962

Three O’Clock In The Morning—Blue Note 1962

Mrs. Miniver—Prestige 1970

Body And Soul—Columbia 1977

Round Midnight­—Blue Note 1986

Lady Iris B—Blue Note 1965

FJD February 10, 2008 Playlist

George Coleman—Amsterdam After Dark—Timeless 1978

George Coleman—Apache Dance—Amsterdam After Dark—Timeless 1978

The Gary McFarland Sextet—Sandpiper—Point Of Departure—Impulse 1963

John Colianni Trio—Blues-O-Matic—Concord 1989

Thelonious Monk—Well, You Needn’t—Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 1—Blue Note 1947

Artie Simms—Call The Police—East Coast Jive—Apollo 1946/Delmark Comp

Art Pepper—Suzy The Poodle—Savoy 1952

Mal Waldron—Warm Canto—The Quest—New Jazz 1961

David Murray Quartet + 1—Fast Life—DIW 1991

Miles Davis—So Near, So Far—Seven Steps To Heaven—Columbia 1963

The Australian Jazz Quartet—Too Marvelous For Words—In Free Style—Bethlehem 1958

Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Bill Black’s Combo

“White Silver Sands”

Saxy Jazz

Hi Records 1960

Result: Treasure! 6 Treasure Votes to 1 Trash Votes

Two Of A Kind

The composition “This Can’t Be Love” composed by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

Version 1: Shirley Horn

Recorded in 1988 for the record Close Enough For Love, Verve 1988

Version 2: Red Norvo Trio w/ Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus

Recorded in 1951 for Savoy Records

FJD February 3, 2008 Playlist

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Freddie Hubbard—Can’t Let Her Go—High Blues Pressure—Atlantic 1968

Freddie Hubbard—Nostrand and Fulton—Here To Stay—Blue Note 1962

Betty Hall Jones—This Joint’s Too Hip For Me—Jumpin’ Like Mad—Capital 1949

James Moody—Bloozey—Live At The Jazz Workshop—Argo/Cadet 1961

Shirley Horn—Our Love Is Here To Stay—Violets For Your Furs—Steeplechase 1981

Shelly Manne—The Sicks Of Us—2,3,4—Impulse 1962

Robert Glasper—Beatrice—In My Element—Blue Note 2007

Charles Mingus—Better Git It In Your Soul—Mingus Ah Um—Columbia 1959

Moacir Santas—Flores—Choros & Alegria—Adventure Music 2005

Vinson Valega Group—This Is What Democracy Sounds Like (Part I) & Undertow—Awake—Consilience 2005

Bennie Wallace—All Night Dance—Twilight Time—Blue Note 1985

Howard Alden—Upper Manhattan Medical Group—Take Your Pick—Concord 1996

Brad Goode—Just In Time—Nature Boy—Delmark 2008

The Bebop Boys—Blues In Bebop—Savoy 1946

Andrew Hill—Cascade—Passing Ships—Blue Note 1969

Helen Merrill—My Funny Valentine—A Shade Of Difference—Milestone 1968

Mary Lou Williams—Round Midnight—First Lady Of The Piano—Inner City 1953

Joey DeFrancesco—Down The Hatch—Organic Vibes—Concord 2006

Miles Davis Quintet—Freedom Jazz Dance—Miles Smiles—Columbia 1967

Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Bert Dahlander

“How Do You Do”

Jazz With A Swedish Accent

1976

Result: Treasure! 6 Treasure Votes to 1 Trash Votes

Two Of A Kind Entry

The composition Tennessee Waltz, composed by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King

Version 1: Bennie Wallace from the recording Twilight Time, Blue Note 1985

Version 2: Rene Marie from the recording How Can I Keep From Singing?, MaxJazz 2000