Stable Mable

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Stable Mable
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Studio album by
Dexter Gordon Quartet
Released1975
RecordedMarch 10, 1975
StudioRosenberg Studio (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Genre Jazz
Length71:11CD with bonus tracks
Label SteepleChase SCS 1040
Producer Nils Winther
Dexter Gordon chronology
Strings & Things
(1975)
Stable Mable
(1975)
Swiss Nights Vol. 1
(1975)

Stable Mable is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

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In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow said "Dexter Gordon is in frequently exuberant form on this quartet session ...the veteran tenor sounds quite inspired throughout the joyous outing". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 7:59
  2. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 8:18
  3. "Red Cross" (Charlie Parker) - 7:51
  4. "So What" (Miles Davis) - 8:23
  5. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 6:54
  6. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 9:56
  7. "Just Friends" [Alternate Take] (Klenner, Lewis) - 8:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Misty" [Alternate Take] (Burke, Garner) - 7:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Red Cross" [Alternate Take] (Parker) - 6:12 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Dexter Gordon discography, accessed March 17, 2015
  2. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 17, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Stable Mable – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  88. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.