Bouncin' with Dex

Bouncin' with Dex
Studio album by Dexter Gordon Quartet
Released	1976
Recorded	September 14, 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:45CD with bonus track
Label	SteepleChase SCS 1060
Producer	Nils Winther
Dexter Gordon chronology

Last updated September 01, 2020

Bouncin' with Dex is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden said "Dexter Gordon thrived on the attention of European jazz fans while living there during the 1960s and early '70s, while he also had a wealth of opportunities to record for labels on the continent. This 1975 session for Steeplechase, one of a dozen he made as a leader for the label in the mid-'70s, finds him in top form".^[3]

Track listing

"Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 8:01
"Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:28
"Benji's Bounce" (Dexter Gordon) – 7:06
"Catalonian Nights" (Gordon) – 8:38
"Four" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) – 9:30
"Easy Living" [Alternate Take] (Rainger, Robin) – 8:02 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

↑ Dexter Gordon discography, accessed March 24, 2015
↑ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
1 2 Dryden, Ken. Bouncin' with Dex – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 24, 2015.

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[1] Dexter Gordon discography, accessed March 24, 2015

[2] SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Bouncin' with Dex – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 24, 2015.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	A Tot Jazz (1965) A Tot Jazz/2 (1965) Tete Montoliu Presenta Elia Fleta (1966) Piano for Nuria (1968) Body & Soul (1971) Lush Life (1971) Songs for Love (1971) That's All (1971) Catalonian Fire (1974) Music for Perla (1974) Tete! (1974) Tête à Tete (1976) Tootie's Tempo (1976) Words of Love (1976) Blues for Myself (1977) Boleros (1977) Catalonian Folksongs (1977) Meditation (with George Coleman, 1977) Secret Love (1977) Yellow Dolphin Street (1977) Live at the Keystone Corner (1979) Lunch in L.A. (1979) Boston Concert (1980) I Wanna Talk About You (1980) Catalonian Nights Vol. 1 (1980) Catalonian Nights Vol. 2 (1980) Catalonian Nights Vol. 3 (1980) Face to Face (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1982) Carmina (1984) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 1 (1986) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 2 (1986) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3 (1990) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4 (1990) The Man from Barcelona (1990) A Spanish Treasure (1991) Catalonian Rhapsody (1992)
With Dexter Gordon	Billie's Bounce (1964) Cheese Cake (1964) I Want More (1964) It's You or No One (1964) King Neptune (1964) Love for Sale (1964) Bouncin' with Dex (1975)
With others	In the Tradition (with Anthony Braxton, 1974) In the Tradition Volume 2 (with Anthony Braxton, 1974) Steps Up (with Eddie Harris, 1981) Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (1963) Kirk in Copenhagen (with Roland Kirk, 1963) The House I Live In (wih Archie Shepp & Lars Gullin, 1963)