Daddy Plays the Horn

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Daddy Plays the Horn
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Studio album by
Released1955
RecordedSeptember 18, 1955
Genre Jazz
Length41:39
Label Bethlehem
Producer Steve Backer, Ralph Bass
Dexter Gordon chronology
The Duel
(1947)
Daddy Plays the Horn
(1955)
Dexter Blows Hot and Cool
(1955)

Daddy Plays the Horn is a 1955 jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Tom Hull A− [3]

The Billboard review stated that the album was "not too original, but it swings" and mentioned that Gordon played "some top-flight, Lester Young-inspired tenor here, with a more robust sound than that of the master or most of his other disciples". [4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it three out of four stars, saying "Daddy would be worth the purchase for 'Confirmation' and 'Autumn in New York'... Drew and Vinnegar play exceptionally well, and the CD transfer is generally good." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Daddy Plays the Horn" (9:11)
  2. "Confirmation" (7:50)
  3. "Darn That Dream" (4:21)
  4. "Number Four" (4:51)
  5. "Autumn in New York" (6:30)
  6. "You Can Depend on Me" (8:59)

Personnel

The album is mentioned several times in the novels The Talisman and Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992), p. 432.
  3. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. "Review: Daddy Plays the Horn". Billboard : November 24, 1956.