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Introducing Joe Gordon

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Released
  
1955

Introducing Joe Gordon(1954)
  
Lookin' Good!(1961)

Release date
  
1955

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
41:11

Artist
  
Joe Gordon

Label
  
EmArcy Records

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Recorded
  
September 3 & 8, 1954Fine Sound Studios, New York City

Jazz albums
  
Jam Session, After Hours with Miss "D", Clifford Brown with Strings, Buhaina's Delight, A Night at Birdland Vol 1

Introducing joe gordon


Introducing Joe Gordon is the debut album by American jazz trumpeter Joe Gordon featuring tracks recorded in late 1954 and released on the EmArcy label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Most of the tunes are originals based on the chord changes of standards, and Gordon sounds in fine form in this swinging setting".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Gordon except as indicated

  1. "Toll Bridge" - 6:30
  2. "Lady Bob" (Quincy Jones) - 6:59
  3. "Grasshopper" (Jones) - 6:59
  4. "Flash Gordon" - 7:39
  5. "Boos Bier" - 6:49
  6. "Xochimilco" - 6:15
  • Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on September 3 (tracks 3, 4 & 6) and September 8 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), 1954

    • Personnel

  • Joe Gordon - trumpet
  • Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
  • Junior Mance - piano
  • Jimmy Schenck - bass
  • Art Blakey - drums

    • References

    Introducing Joe Gordon Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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