Dexter Gordon - Sophisticated Giant
Genre: Jazz
Singer: Dexter Gordon
Title: Sophisticated Giant
Short-info: Label: Discos CBS ‎– 225001
Series: Collector Jazz Series –
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Brazil
Date of released: 1978
Category: Jazz
Style: Post Bop
MP3 album size .rar: 1847 mb
APE album size .rar: 1671 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC MP4 TTA VQF MMF MP3 AU MP4

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Laura
Composed By – D. Raksin*
7:38
A2 The Moontrane
Composed By – W. Shaw, Jr.*
6:35
A3 Red Top
Composed By – B. Kynard*, L. Hampton*Soloist [Trumpet] – Benny Bailey
9:55
B1 Fried Bananas
Composed By – D. Gordon*
7:52
B2 You're Blasé
Composed By – B. Sievier*, O. Hamilton*
9:50
B3 How Insensitive
Composed By – A. C. Jobim*, N. Gimbel*, V. de Moraes*
4:55

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – CBS
  • Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios
  • Manufactured By – Som Indústria e Comércio S/A

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone, Flute, Flute [Piccolo] – Frank Wess
  • Arranged By – Slide Hampton
  • Artwork [Original Cover Painting] – Thomas B. Allen
  • Bass – Rufus Reid
  • Cover [Design] – John Berg
  • Drums – Victor Lewis
  • Engineer – William Wittman
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Tommy Roberts
  • Executive-Producer – Maxine Gregg
  • Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
  • Mastered By – Debra Parkinson
  • Photography By [Liner] – Art Maillet
  • Piano – George Cables
  • Producer – Michael Cuscuna
  • Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Dexter Gordon
  • Trombone – Slide Hampton
  • Trombone [Lead] – Wayne Andre
  • Trumpet [Lead], Flugelhorn – Benny Bailey
  • Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Soloist [Trumpet] – Woody Shaw
  • Tuba, Baritone Saxophone – Howard Johnson
  • Vibraphone [Vibes] – Bobby Hutcherson

Notes

Recorded at Sound Ideas, New York City on June 21 & 22, 1977.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
JC 34989 Dexter Gordon Sophisticated Giant ‎(LP, Album) Columbia JC 34989 US 1977
CBS 450316 1 Dexter Gordon Sophisticated Giant ‎(LP, Album, RE) CBS CBS 450316 1 Spain 1987
34989, MOVLP512 Dexter Gordon Sophisticated Giant ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, 180) Columbia, Music On Vinyl 34989, MOVLP512 Europe 2012
25001 Dexter Gordon Sophisticated Giant ‎(Cass, Album) Columbia 25001 Brazil 1978
CBS 450316 1 Dexter Gordon Sophisticated Giant ‎(LP, Album, RE) CBS CBS 450316 1 Europe 1986


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