Dexter Gordon
Tenor Sax Solo on
Stairway To The Stars

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Dexter Gordon's tenor sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Bud Powell on piano. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 62 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 2:05. "Stairway to the Stars" from Dexter Gordon's 1963 Our Man in Paris album features the tenor saxophonist at his most romantically lyrical, with a one-chorus solo at 62 BPM over Matty Malneck's 32-bar AABA standard in C. "Stairway to the Stars" from Dexter Gordon's 1963 Our Man in Paris album features the tenor saxophonist at his most romantically lyrical, with a one-chorus solo at 62 BPM over Matty Malneck's 32-bar AABA standard in C. Dexter Gordon was 39 to 40 years old at the time of this 1963 recording.

Dexter Gordon was 39 to 40 years old at the time.