Dexter Gordon- Loose Walk (Live in Holland 1964)

[artloveblues]

He plays the saxophone like its an electric guitar and it´s damn nice to hear!

[arielrcalabria]

What bad motherfucker. Talk about Tone, could knock over a blockade of republicans. What else can you say....

[2fromcenter]

"incinerates the front row" - indeed

[TheTomNorth]

@2fromcenter for incineration of the front row, try dubstep.



[Messjuh1]

What a great classic. Plus, he talks exactly like Deacon Palmer from King of Queens.

[zebobchat]

A la batterie :Daniel Humair et Guy Pedersen à la contrebasse.

[zebobchat]

A la batterie :Daniel Humair

[genso001]

@ConsumerOfNothing I think it says at the end if you watch it all the way through.

[hamplester]

zbalder14...Trane and Brecker would not agree with your statement...Dex chops allowed him to play whatever he was thinking...Dex was a true master...

[zbalder14]

the way dexter plays is just so musical... yeah trane, brecker, and other cats may have better chops... but Dexter develops his solos like a true master... when he plays, you listen!

[Saxydude05]

@zbalder14 lol @ the idea of "better chops." At this level there's no "better," only "different." Plus, if you trace the stylist evolution of both Dexter and Trane you'll see that their playing influenced each other at various points throughout their careers. Trane was listening to Dex, then Trane started evolving the music and Dex was digging on Trane. Listen to their respective recordings of "Body & Soul" and you'll hear it, too.

[TBlake34]

@Saxydude05 That's why Dexter is one of the most interesting musicians in jazz history. He was the bridge between Lester Young/Coleman Hawkins and Coltrane/Rollins.

Both Coltrane and Rollins learned from Dexter, then they started pushing the envelope. Instead of getting left behind, Dexter jumped on board, learned from the young guys, and continued to progress, like Saxydude said.

There's just no finer musician than Dexter. He's one of the greats, but gets overlooked for some reason.

[jddenham]

was this before or after he quit drinking and drugging?

[HCL991]

@ConsumerOfNothing xD. Now I realized it too. and I read your comment on that. Damn, I need to start reading.

Sorry about that!

[HCL991]

@ConsumerOfNothing I'm not 100% sure, but it should be:

George Gruntz (p), Guy Pedersen (b), Daniel Humair (d)

[zebobchat]

@HCL991 Pedersen et Humair,c'est certain,je les ai reconnu....comme ils étaient à l'époque...tournée avec Martial Solal...

[denzelsnipes69]

I like a woman with a loose walk!

[kjfld]

this is pre mkVI. hes got his 10M in this performance.

[sandrovaro]

realy cool!!!

[kingpleasure]

Walk Loosely indeed. LOL

[rfoxfa1]

wat a stud!

[boricuatrumpet69]

WoW!!!! He started feeling this at 2:45...Incredible how he just started to converse with the rest of the guys.

[jeffhowlett1]

It is indeed Blues Walk, by Clifford Brown.

Dexter Gordon is a monster player!

[benjamintrb]

new favorite sax player, just past Coltrane in my book!

[karpehcom]

@benjamintrb indeed, he came before coltrane too!

[gocards0688]

Damn,,,,,,,,

[oxteRaptio]

BEST GORDON'S LIVE. WHO'S THE DRUMMER?

[loskronos]

@oxteRaptio

Daniel Humair

[tjc197]

Soulful.

[batero3321]

que nota de combo!!!!!!

[mparticle7]

Just simply amazing.

[timopartanen]

The Master. 

[perovaas]

For the record:

Personnel:

Dexter Gordon - Tenor Sax

George Gruntz - Piano

Guy Pedersen - bass

Daniel Humair - drums [right-handed and left-footed!]

[perovaas]

That's somethin' else! Tks for posting this vid with the great Dex!

[bondiga10]

Thank you for posting! 6:21 on is killer!!

[theinvisiblelight]

For the first minute or two, I was begging, man, begging. "show me what you got"

This guy is a bad man, he can swing.

[jatabe2]

no ma !!! era un buenazo este guey !!! jejeeje !!! mis repetos !!!

[jazzguitar27]

no one swings harder than this motherfucker.  he waits so long to peak and when he does it incinerates the front row!

[Docnolan1953]

@jazzguitar27 you aint lying man.....he was at the peak of his powers here... I played with a time or two.....and it was like being in the presence of God.....the guy flat out wailed......

[taildragger53]

Saw him live in 1977...what a classy sound & personality! The guy was around 6 ' 7" tall, reminded me of a sophisticated Joe Louis...he was drinking LONG glasses of gin & lemon and played a version of "Autumn Leaves" that lasted 30 mins. Thank you for this video.

[RandolphSax]

Conn 10M

[missionimprovisation]

@RandolphSax  great player on a great sax-about as fine as it gets

[ZataboKing]

man that is a cool cat right there

[turnerdj]

The Definition of cool right there.

[thinkingevil]

My husband!

[chubbypuppys]

I love his tone, its so wierd but in a good way, he bends at the end of his notes really quick its awesome

[jazzviper12]

I love Dexter... He looked like Obama a bit in '64

[TheBrownTies]

craziness. awesomeness

[talln6e]

Awesome. Watching and hearing Dexter gives me chills and makes my hair stand up.

[OscarLimaMike]

Whoah.....! Thank you for this post.

[connsax58]

from 2:55 to 3:03 it`s kind of a parker lick isnt it? or am I wrong?

[hanschook]

@connsax58 , it's a kind of, but it is not a lick of Parker as far as I know (and I have a nearly complete parker collection LP and CD),

Selmer80

[ReplicaChile]

fantastico

[LeleMelo78]

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

[valentynesuite]

daniel humair on drums

[vil65]

Increible!

[TheSemperreformanda]

one of the legends

[herloury]

from 3:40 to 5:00 : fantastic chorus.

[herloury]

From 3:40 to 4:30 : fantastic dexter's sound and the band follows him very well

[keybobrob]

wake me up when dexter starts playing again...where dex get that piano player...ZZZzzzzzz

[164407]

I have heard this cats name all my life but never heard him play till now, this is a great introduction to his playing for me, he's playing some tasty be bop .... the real deal /// rythym section ain't bad either.

[ps2monster]

One of the greats of all time. He's up there with Coltrane or Bird.

[daouya1302]

là il est super mignon quel style!ouaaaah

[StradMan37]

I have the ROUND MIDNIGHT DVD - it's a lot like a fabulous Dexter concert! Go buy it NOW!!!

[InBy9OutBy5]

Tenor playing at its finest. I could listen to this all night long. Love the Prez quotes from 1:40 to 2:00.

[polo86414]

you guys ever seen that movie with him in it called "ROUND MIDNIGHT"?

[Pikmar27]

I thought this was called "Blues walk".

[saxmanmax]

That's what I know it as.

[DoctorTchock]

@Pikmar27 Looks like Dexter needed to brush up on his jazz knowledge a bit!

[saxman1141]

@DoctorTchock Clearly you never watched the video I just watched. Hes Killin' out there.

[tulupulu]

Realy cool!

[PDoggdadd]

Thanks, steagle1017...great video of Long Tall here...DexterJohnson

[Ph8te5]

Man I sure needed to hear some Dex!

Thanks a big bunch :)

[Ph8te5]

Sure needed to hear some Dex this time of the A.M. I'll be fired up to do some shedding tomorrow.

Thanks a big bunch :)