Dexter Gordon - The Resurgence Of (Vinyl)

Personnel: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Martin Banks (trumpet); Richard Boone (trombone); Dolo Coker (piano); Charles Green (bass); Lawrence Marable (drums).Recorded at United Recorded Studios, Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1960. Includes liner notes by Chris Albertson.Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1997, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).As the title The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (1960) suggests, the tenor sax master resurfaced from his chronic bouts of addiction in an attempt to revive his on-again/off-again recording career. Truth be told, Gordon was actually on parole from Chino State Penitentiary and co-starring in a local Los Angeles production of The Connection -- a play ironically enough about the victims of heroin dependence. Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was able to talk the tenor into participating in a no-strings-attached studio date. Gordon (tenor sax), alongside Martin Banks (trumpet), Richard Boone (trombone), Charles "Dolo" Coker (piano), Cha