Lullaby for a Monster

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Lullaby for a Monster
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Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedJune 15, 1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length46:50CD with bonus track
Label SteepleChase SCS 1156
Producer Nils Winther
Dexter Gordon chronology
Bouncin' with Dex
(1975)
Lullaby for a Monster
(1981)
True Blue
(1976)

Lullaby for a Monster is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded in 1976 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1981. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

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

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow said that "this Dexter Gordon album features him in a surprisingly sparse setting. ...he is up to the challenge and his lengthy solos never lose one's interest". [3]

Track listing

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  1. "Nursery Blues" (Dexter Gordon) - 6:02
  2. "Lullaby for a Monster" (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) - 6:32
  3. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 6:39
  4. "Good Bait" (Tadd Dameron) - 8:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 8:14
  6. "Tanya" (Donald Byrd) - 10:24

Personnel

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References

  1. Dexter Gordon discography, accessed March 24, 2015
  2. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Lullaby for a Monster – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 584. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  88. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  6. 1 2 "Steeplechase Records 1150 to 1199".