King Neptune (album)

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King Neptune
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Live album by
Dexter Gordon Quartet
Released1979
RecordedJune 25, 1964
Venue Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length51:01
Label SteepleChase
SCC-6012
Producer Nils Winther
Dexter Gordon chronology
Cheese Cake
(1964)
King Neptune
(1979)
I Want More
(1964)

King Neptune (subtitled Dexter in Radioland Vol. 3) is a live album by American saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1964 by Danmarks Radio and released on the SteepleChase label in 1979. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic 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 empty.svg [5]

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow stated "All of the releases in this valuable Dexter in Radioland series are recommended". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Dexter Gordon except where noted.

  1. Introduction by Dexter Gordon – 1:21
  2. "King Neptune" – 12:23
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 12:29
  4. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 10:05
  5. "I Want to Blow Now" (Bennie Green) – 14:39

Source: [4]

Personnel

Source: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Dexter Gordon catalog accessed March 7, 2017
  2. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 7, 2017
  3. Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 6000 series discography, accessed March 7, 2017
  4. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. I Want More – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 581. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.