''Go!'' is a studio album by

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musician Dexter Gordon featuring Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins, recorded on August 27, 1962 and released in the same year on Blue Note. According to the liner notes by Ira Gitler, this session was "not recorded in a nightclub performance but, in its informal symmetry, it matches the relaxed atmosphere that the best of those made in that manner engender. Everyone was really together, in all the most positive meanings of that word." It was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.

Critical reception and legacy

Since its release, ''Go!'' has received very positive reviews from critics, with uDiscover Music—published by

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—declaring that it is "unanimously hailed by jazz critics as one of his greatest ever albums".

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giving it a five star rating. The album was re-released in March 1999 as part of Blue Note's RVG Series, produced by Michael Cuscuna. In 2019, ''Go!'' was selected by the

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for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Track listing

Personnel

* Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone * Sonny Clark –

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* Butch Warren – bass * Billy Higgins –

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Summer of '62: Dexter Gordon's GO and A SWINGIN' AFFAIR – Blue Note Records
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Notes

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Go 1962 albums Dexter Gordon albums Blue Note Records albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna United States National Recording Registry albums