Dexter Gordon
Tenor Sax Solo on
Three O'Clock in the Morning

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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 three choruses of the 32-bar ABAC form at a medium-up 145 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:44. The performance exemplifies the relaxed mastery that characterized Gordon's playing throughout this landmark album, one of the defining statements of the hard bop tenor saxophone tradition. 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.