A jazz traditional is coming again in fashion. Dexter Gordon’s album Landslide, comprised of recordings made in 1961 and 1962 over three completely different Blue Notice classes, is getting rereleased on vinyl as a part of Blue Notice’s Tone Poet Audiophile sequence. Landslide is formally hitting cabinets in its latest type on July 4, and the LP is accessible for preorder starting on Monday, Could 12.
Although recorded within the early Nineteen Sixties, it wasn’t till 1980 that Blue Notice lastly launched Landslide as a part of its classics sequence. Collected from beforehand unreleased recordings, Landslide matches Gordon with a spread of various musicians over its seven tracks, together with three completely different pianists and three completely different bassists. However each observe is anchored by Gordon’s saxophone enjoying, demonstrating one of many masters of the twentieth century at his peak.
Born within the Twenties, Gordon obtained his skilled begin within the Nineteen Forties and shortly turned a part of a musical revolution that turned generally known as bebop jazz. “Was I conscious back in the early ‘forties that I was taking part in a musical revolution? Yes, I was, but perhaps not to the extent that I realize now,” Gordon mentioned in a 1962 interview, per the Nationwide Jazz Archive. “I knew this was something new and different and it was very exciting.” His profession noticed him work with main jazz stars like Dizzy Gillespie and Herbie Hancock amongst numerous others.
All through his profession, Gordon additionally spoke concerning the vital function that Blue Notice performed for him. “I’m very happy about the Blue Note association,” the musician mentioned in the identical 1962 interview. “They’re a very responsible, conscientious label. So many of the jazz record companies are unreliable in some ways. This is the first company I’ve been with that I’ve got any statements and royalties from. Everything’s right on time. They conduct business like a major company, such as Victor, Decca, Capitol—on that level.”
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