Doin' Allright

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Doin' Allright
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Studio album by
Dexter Gordon
ReleasedAugust 1961 [1]
RecordedMay 6, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length41:03original LP
53:34 CD reissue
Label Blue Note
BST 84077
Producer Alfred Lion
Dexter Gordon chronology
The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon
(1960)		Doin' Allright
(1961)		 Dexter Calling...
(1961)

Doin' Allright is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stating "The title of this Blue Note set, Doin' Allright, fit perfectly at the time, for tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was making the first of three successful comebacks. Largely neglected during the 1950s, Gordon's Blue Note recordings (of which this was the first) led to his "rediscovery". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dexter Gordon except as indicated
  1. "I Was Doing All Right" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 9:18
  2. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) - 7:26
  3. "For Regulars Only" - 5:45
  4. "Society Red" - 12:21
  5. "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 6:13
  6. "I Want More" - 6:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "For Regulars Only" [Alternate take] - 6:20 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Billboard Aug 21, 1961
  2. ↑ Dexter Gordon discography accessed November 2, 2010
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2010
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 87. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 580. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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