''Swiss Nights Vol. 2'' is a live album led by saxophonist
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...
recorded in Zurich in 1975 and released on the Danish
SteepleChase label in 1978.
SteepleChase Records discography
accessed March 17, 2015
Reception
In his review for AllMusic
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, Scott Yanow said "The second of three CDs taken from Gordon's appearances at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival showcases the veteran tenor in peak form. With strong support from the talented rhythm section ...Dexter Gordon is heard throughout at his best".
Track listing
# " There Is No Greater Love" ( Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 15:08
# "Sticky Wicket" (Dexter Gordon) - 5:33
# "Wave
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" (Antônio Carlos Jobim
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) - 10:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Rhythm-a-Ning
This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk.
0-9 52nd Street Theme
A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop ...
/The Theme" (Thelonious Monk
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/Traditional) - 11:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
# " Darn That Dream" ( Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen
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) - 9:47
# "Montmartre/The Theme" (Dexter Gordon/Traditional) - 9:36
Personnel
*Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...
- tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...
*Kenny Drew
Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993) was an American-Danish jazz pianist.
Biography
Drew was born on August 28, 1928, in New York City, United States, and he received piano lessons from the age of five. Feather, ...
- piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
* Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass
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* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
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* Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...
* Alex Riel - drums
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References
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1978 live albums
Dexter Gordon live albums
SteepleChase Records live albums