Dexter Gordon
Tenor Sax Solo on
Sticky Wicket

About

Dexter Gordon's tenor saxophone solo is the first of two improvisations on this medium-tempo blues he composed. Taking 12 choruses of the 12-bar blues form in B-flat at 144 BPM, Gordon delivers an extended improvisation that builds with the unhurried confidence of a master storyteller. His 12-chorus solo is a masterful demonstration of blues architecture, each chorus adding new ideas while maintaining the momentum and swing that drive the performance forward.

Dexter Gordon was 45 to 46 years old at the time.