Dexter Gordon
Tenor Sax Solo on
A Night In Tunisia

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Dexter Gordon's tenor sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Bud Powell on piano. Spanning four and a half choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at a medium-up 184 BPM with a swing feel in D, the solo runs approximately 3:07. "A Night in Tunisia" from Dexter Gordon's 1963 Our Man in Paris album brings together the tenor saxophonist and pianist Bud Powell on Dizzy Gillespie's iconic bebop anthem, creating a historic encounter between three pillars of the music's development. 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.