Generation (Dexter Gordon album)

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Generation
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Studio album by
Dexter Gordon
Released1973
RecordedJuly 22, 1972
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length41:35
Label Prestige
PR 10069
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Dexter Gordon chronology
Tangerine
(1972)		Generation
(1973)		 The Apartment
(1974)

Generation is an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "Veteran tenor-saxophonist Dexter Gordon welcomed trumpeter Freddie Hubbard to his recording group several times during his career and each collaboration was quite rewarding.... This CD should please collectors". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Milestones" (John Lewis) – 8:56
  2. "Scared to Be Alone" (André Previn) – 7:39
  3. "We See" (Thelonious Monk) – 11:18
  4. "The Group" (Dexter Gordon) – 6:33
  5. "Milestones" [alternate take] (Lewis) – 7:09 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Dexter Gordon discography accessed July 16, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed July 16, 2013
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 88. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 582. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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