Dexter Gordon - Clubhouse
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Artist: Dexter GordonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-03-20
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- Hanky Panky
- I'm A Fool To Want You
- Devilette
- Clubhouse
- Lay Iris B.
- Jodi
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Music Review: Dexter 's Swinging Club
Rating: 5 Stars
Dexter Gordon's Clubhouse was recorded at a session in 1965, sat on Blue Note's shelves for 14 years, finally seeing the light of day in 1979. This is somewhat of a mystery to me, despite the liner notes stating that Alfred Lion was disappointed with the session. The music contained within is as soild as any Blue Note session I've heard. To be true, it doesn't rival Dexter's One Flight Up, and isn't quite on the same level as Go! or A Swingin' Affair. Still, this is a fantastic album and the personnel involved are impeccable. Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Barry Harris on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums join Long Tall Dexter's tenor sax. This session was recorded the day before the one that yielded Gettin' Around using the same group, the only difference being Bobby Hutcherson on vibes replacing Hub's trumpet.
The album features 3 Gordon originals, the aptly titled "Hanky Panky", the smooth "Clubhouse", and the lively closing number, "Jodi". The group also plays Ben Tucker's sly "Devilette" with Tucker replacing Cranshaw on bass for this one number. "I'm a Fool to Want You" finds Dex channeling his inner Sinatra, his sax full and round on this ballad. Rudy Stevenson's "Lady Iris B." is another tenderly rendered ballad. The liner notes imply that this session was somehow lacking in energy and that Hubbard in particular was not as adventurous as in other efforts. The first argument doesn't hold water for me and the second point might be true, but one could argue Freddie's restrained playing best serves the material presented here. The song selection doesn't demand exploratory playing so much as a sense of melody and timing. Barry Harris really lays down some beautiful piano work, helping set the mood. Cranshaw and Higgins are as good a team as Higgins and Butch Warren on Go! and A Swingin' Affair. And the leader, Dexter Gordon, sounds as magnificent as ever to my ears. This might not be a session that'll set your hair on fire, but more of a quiet, contemplative set with a few spirited numbers. I love it and give it four and a half well-deserved stars, rounded up to five for Amazon's purposes.
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