The Complete Prestige Recordings

Artist: Dexter Gordon
Label: Prestige
Category: Music

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Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 11

UPC: 025218444224
EAN: 0025218444224
ASIN: B00062138A

Release Date: 2004-10-12

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Tracks:

Move
Home Run
Dolo
Lovely Lisa
Affair In Havana
Jodi
Field Day
Setting The Pace

Tracks:

Dexter's Deck
Montmartre
Lady Bird
Sticky Wicket
Montmartre (Alternate)
Lady Bird (Alternate

Tracks:

Sticky Wicket (Alternate)
Those Were The Days
Stanley The Steamer
The Rainbow People
Boston Bernie
Meditation (Meditacao)
Fried Bananas
Dinner For One Please, James
Stanley The Steamer (Alternate)
The Rainbow People (Alternate)

Tracks:

Boston Bernie (Alternate)k
Fried Bananas (Alternate)
Broadway
Boston Bernie
A Sentimental Mood
Blues Up And Down

Tracks:

Rhythm-A-Ning
Misty
Love For Sale
Fried Bananas
Sophisticated Lady

Tracks:

Rhythm-A-Ning
Body And Soul
Blue Monk
The Panther
The Panther
Body And Soul
Valse Robin
Mrs. Miniver
The Christmas Song

Tracks:

Blues Walk
Valse Robin (Alternate)
Mrs. Miniver (Alternate)
Blues Walk (Alternate)
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Wee Dot
The Happy Blues
Lonesome Lover Blues (Alternate)

Tracks:

Medley: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)/I Can't Get Started/My Funny Valentine/Misty
The Chase
Lonesome Lover Blues
Evergreenish
Rhythm-A-Ning
For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You)
If You Could See Me Now
Star Eyes
The Jumpin' Blues

Tracks:

Evergreenish (Alternate)
Rhythm-A-Ning (Alternate)
For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You) (Alternate)
Star Eyes (Alternate)
The Jumpin' Blues (Alternate)
Milestones
Scared To Be Alone
The Group
Days Of Wine And Roses
We See

Tracks:

Milestones (Alternate)
Scared To Be Alone (Alternate)
The Group (Alternate)
Ca'purange (Jungle Soul)
Tangerine
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
What It Was
Airegin
Oh! Karen O
Airegin (Alternate)

Tracks:

August Blues
Gingerbread Boy
Blues A La Suisse
Some Other Spring
Secret Love
Tivoli
'Treux Bleu

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Customer Reviews:

$140 worth of music - for once!.......2006-06-13

I can't imagine that I'm the only person who's looked at this Prestige set and the Steeplechase set and wondered if the 3 extra discs were the $20 dollar difference. Allow me to clear some things up. This is "The Complete Prestige Recordings". And for once, you get the complete recordings. Usually, jazz labels call their recordings "complete", and you get it home and find out that in fact you now own the complete studio recordings. Some might find that trivial; I find that dishonest. The 3 big factors in this set are live outings, excellent side-men, and variety of material.
We get all of Dexter's live outings for Prestige here. Starting off with a track from the Wardell Gray Memorial album, we get the "Live at the Left Bank" album, Montreux in '70, "The Chase" in Chicago w/ Gene Ammons, and Montreux in '73. So lots of opportunity to hear Dexter outside the studio. In contrast, the Steeplechase set is studio only.
Another reason this package is so exciting is all the other musicians that Dexter gets to work with. Wardell Gray, Booker Ervin, James Moody, Gene Ammons, Freddie Hubbard, Thad Jones, and the Adderley brothers. And those are just the horns! There are some great names all throughout the rhythm section! The Steeplechase set is simply Dexter and a seemingly revolving cast of rhythm players.
I think the last reason this set works so well is the variety of material. It never gets boring or irritating. Sure there are a few alt. takes here and there, but it was sequenced so it never feels repetitious. The Steeplechase set on the other hand, almost as a rule has two takes in a row and often three. If you're not in the mood, this gets old quick.
So $140 and 11 discs sounds like a big investment, but I would really recommend this for those that are looking for an introduction to Dexter. At least until Blue Note wakes up and re-releases the awesome '60s set. If you come across that for a reasonable price, by all means do it. But until then, this is really the way to go. I think the best way to say it is that the Steeplechase set is like Chinese food: it's good, but you'll just be hungry again.

Great Stuff !!!.......2004-11-04

Dexter is a great player and this box set was worth every penny over 10 hours of music.Highly Recommend!!!

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