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Track Listings
| 1. Cheese Cake |
| 2. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry |
| 3. Second Balcony Jump |
| 4. Love For Sale |
| 5. Where Are You |
| 6. Three O'Clock In The Morning |
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Just before heading off to a 15-year stay in Europe, the stately Dexter Gordon waxed a pair of records for Blue Note in August 1962: this classic and, two days later, A Swingin' Affair. It's been widely reported that Gordon himself considered Go! his greatest achievement, and (if so) it's easy to hear why. Brimming with conviction and poise, Gordon's gentle-giant sax carries itself with a sort of graceful edge that is difficult to emulate. He's always quick with a humorous quote, yet it always seems to fit just right. He's always languishing behind the beat, yet he never seems late. He possesses an enormous tone, yet he never overwhelms the songs or the listener. He sounds unhurried at any speed. His song selection is typically creative, holding little-known ballads close to his brawny chest like a big, cuddly bear. A stellar rhythm section of the elegantly funky pianist Sonny Clark plus Butch Warren and Billy Higgins doesn't hurt either. --Marc Greilsamer
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Gordon qui promène sa haute silhouette tout au long du film de Bertrand Tavernier, Autour de minuit, fut l'un des premiers saxophonistes ténors à rejoindre les rangs des boppers. Comme le résume bien le titre d'un de ses disques, Dexter Blows Hot And Cool, son style est un mélange de force et de nonchalance, comme si Lester Young et Coleman Hawkins avaient uni leurs efforts pour se partager un seul et même instrument. Dexter qui joua bien sûr avec Charlie Parker et Dizzy Gillespie, fut surtout le partenaire privilégié d'un autre saxophoniste, Wardell Gray, au cours de mémorables batailles de ténors. Pour Blue Note, il réalisa dans les années 60 une dizaine d'albums dont le plus célèbre, Go !, reflète précisément les principales caractéristiques de son jeu. Décontracté dans ses ballades, Dexter affirme avec puissance son lyrisme et swingue avec autorité et aisance. À ses côtés, Sonny Clark, merveilleux pianiste à l'efficace main gauche, est le compagnon idéal de son tendre et viril saxophone. --Pierre de Chocqueuse
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Jazz Nirvana,
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This review is from: Go (Audio CD)
Who are the people writing these reviews? Boring, follows the melody too much, diet-jazz.... This is what passes for listening in the USA? No wonder George W. Bush got elected!! This is without debate one of the finest jazz/bop/saxophone records ever committed to vinyl (now plastic in CD format). If you cannot hear the greatness in this music then you are either deaf or in spiritual denial. "Cheese Cake" alone is worth the price of admission. "Love for Sale" is equally wonderful. In fact every track is a classic. Dexter can burn like a super nova or glow like a coal fire. Who among the modern players has that ability? Perhaps Sanborn, perhaps Brecker but Dexter stands as a giant among sax players and this record is one of his supreme moments. Hear it and weep...then buy it without reservation.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Go Dexter,
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This review is from: Go (Audio CD)
I have been a Dexter Gordon fan for years & I can say without reservation that this CD represents his greatest work. Some reviewer named Nichomachus called this CD boring & some other negative "observations" not worth mentioning. I would say that this guy is either just putting us on, or is just plain stupid when it comes to appreciating the very best that bebop has to offer. This recording had me hooked from the outset with "Cheese Cake." As a professional jazz musician myself (guitar) I make it a point to listen to other instruments as well. No one can play a ballad like Dexter, with the exception of Miles, Baker & Getz & a few more. Dex has a big, fat sound from his tenor, & here his up tempo stuff like "Second Balcony Jump" (which could be refering to Chet Bakers' suicide) is as good as I've ever heard him.His work on "Love for Sale" is exquisite, & his rhythm section is worth mentioning as well. I particularly like Sonny Clark on piano throughout this recording. I give it 5 stars with no hesitation.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Blow Mr. Dexter, too...,
By "douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Go (Audio CD)
When it comes to 'bop', I can be very picky - especially with the saxmen. "Our Man In Paris", I do not like. This one, however - "GO!" - with Sonny Clarke, Billy Higgins, and Butch Warren starts out smokin' with "Cheese Cake", then shows Dexter's grasp of great ballad playing, grooves with (my second favorite cut) "Second Balcony Jump", and moves to a standard (my favorite track) "Love For Sale"...man, Dexter really shows me something on this one. I read a review where it was said that Dex was boring here and sticking too much to the melody. I guess I'm a 180 degree turn from that...to me, melody is damn near EVERYTHING (and harmony, and rhythm..) I wonder if that person would dislike Trane's "Ballads"? No, for me Dexter is doing it right on this one...and his 'over-allusions" to other tunes is hilarious. Sonny Clarke plays off Dexter well, and Billy Higgins is great...always listening. Unfortunately, for me, my CD is not the 'Remastered' version, and Butch is hard to hear. I'll bet the 'Remaster' kills... This is a really good one.
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