Dexter Gordon
Tenor Sax Solo on
Three Bags Full

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Dexter Gordon's tenor sax solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following Freddie Hubbard's trumpet and before Herbie Hancock's closing piano statement. Spanning four choruses of the 16-Bar form at a medium-up 167 BPM with a waltz feel in D, the solo runs approximately 1:09. Dexter Gordon follows with four choruses of tenor saxophone that demonstrate his ability to swing convincingly in any meter, his big tone filling the waltz framework with characteristic warmth. Dexter Gordon was 38 to 39 years old at the time of this 1962 recording.

Dexter Gordon was 38 to 39 years old at the time.