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Dexter Gordon's tenor sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Bud Powell on piano. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar ABAC form at a medium-up 164 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:24. The Gershwin standard, the last song the composer wrote before his death in 1937, provides a harmonically rich framework that rewards the lyrical, melody-focused approach both Gordon and Powell bring to it. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" from Dexter Gordon's 1963 Our Man in Paris album is a graceful medium-tempo treatment of George Gershwin's standard, featuring Gordon's three-chorus tenor saxophone solo at 164 BPM over the 32-bar ABAC form in F. 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.
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