Tracklist • DADDY PLAYS THE HORN
• CONFIRMATION
• DARN THAT DREAM
• NUMBER FOUR
• AUTUMN IN NEW YORK • YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME

 

Recording Data

Recorded at – Hollywood, California, September 18, 1955

Credits

Bass – LEROY VINNEGAR
Drums – LAWRENCE MARABLE
Piano – KENNY DREW
Tenor Saxophone – DEXTER GORDON

DURING A PERIOD OF DEXTER GORDON’S LIFE ––  WHEN HE WAS DEEP IN THE THROWS
OF   CHRONIC   DRUG   ADDICTION  ---  THE ARTIST WAS MIRACULOUSLY ABLE TO REIGNITE
HIS CAREER DURING THE LATTER PART OF 1955  . . .   AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF BEING OUT
OF THE SPOTLIGHT, GORDON RESURFACED ON THE BIG APPLE-BASED INDIE “BETHLEHEM”
IMPRINT  WITH  THE  HALF-DOZEN  SIDES  THAT  COMPRISE  “DADDY  PLAYS  THE  HORN” ...
THIS ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING,  ISSUED  IN  1956,  IS  HERE  OFFERED  IN  AWESOME  SHAPE
WITH  BEAUTIFUL, SHINY  PLAYING  SURFACE  JUST  SHOWING  A  COUPLE  OF  ULTRA TINY,
WHISPY MARKS ONLY VISIBLE UNDER  STRONG  LIGHT THAT, OBVIOUSLY,   DO NOT AFFECT
AT  ALL  THE  OUTSTANDING  LISTENING  EXPERIENCE !    ABSOLUTELY  NEAR  MINT  MONO
PRESSING WITH CLEAN DEEP GROOVE LABELS :  BCP-36-A D1  /  BCP-36-B D1 IN  RUNOUT.

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