Dexter Gordon
Tenor Sax Solo on
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

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Dexter Gordon's tenor sax solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Sonny Clark's closing piano statement. Spanning half a chorus of the 36-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 60 BPM in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:04. Within the context of Go!, a predominantly up-tempo album, this track provides a crucial moment of reflection and vulnerability, revealing the depth of feeling that lay beneath Gordon's extroverted public persona. 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.