Dexter Gordon
Tenor Sax Solo on
Where Are You?

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Dexter Gordon's tenor sax solo is the sole improvisation on this recording. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 68 BPM in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:56. Gordon's ballad playing drew on the full history of the tenor saxophone, from Coleman Hawkins's rhapsodic approach to Lester Young's cool lyricism, synthesizing these influences into a style that was uniquely his own. 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.