Jazzmoose Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 There's going to be a Dexter Gordon Tribute coming up soon. Dexter's widow and manager Maxine Gordon is fully involved, and the musical director is George Cables. Sounds good. Who's going to do the between-the-song spiels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I really have no idea to all of the questions about content and players. When I get more information. I'll post it here. George Cables? George can lift anything he wants, IMHO. He's new recording, "My Muse", is very good. Like I said, the participation of George as Musical Director ( just having one is a good sign) and the very capable Maxine Gordon, give this program higher hopes than usual. Usually, I stay away for slap dash tribute programs like the plague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 By "heavy lifting", I was referring to inflicting enough stunnage and/or brain damage on Eric Alexander to get his time into Dexter's pocket. It was a joke, as the two men's time concepts differ radically. And later Dexter is a Time Zone unto itself. It is my sincere hope that neither Mister Cables nor anybody else is up to that much heavy lifting in real life. I do hope, however, that this tribute to Dexter contains a lot of reminiscences and such, because Dexter was not exactly a Great Jazz Composer per se. He had some good tunes to his credit, but... He was, however, a truly great jazz soloist, but how do you effectively duplicate that? I don't know that you do, really. Or want to. If the object is to feel good about Dexter Gordon, hell, I'm already there, no special concert needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 I sincerely hope that there is not one single tenor saxophonist. That would be novel. A heartfelt lovefest would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Randy can do everything. Not kidding. Love that guy. Yeah, here's an opportunity for you and your mates to get in on the act... A 4cd reverse racism tribute to Syl Johnson... 'Somethings been holding us back, Is it because we're not Black' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Randy can do everything. Not kidding. Love that guy. Yeah, here's an opportunity for you and your mates to get in on the act... A 4cd reverse racism tribute to Syl Johnson... 'Somethings been holding us back, Is it because we're not Black' Nasty. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Randy can do everything. Not kidding. Love that guy. Yeah, here's an opportunity for you and your mates to get in on the act... A 4cd reverse racism tribute to Syl Johnson... 'Somethings been holding us back, Is it because we're not Black' Nasty. MG http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/the-sandke-affair-1-can-white-cats-play-jazz.html http://blog.adlermusic.com/2011/01/randy-sandkes-book-and-its-critics-including-me.html http://news.jazzjournalists.org/2010/12/book-reviews/ http://news.jazzjournalists.org/2011/01/jazz-race-politics-randy-sandke-replies-to-howard-mandel/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 How can you tell which are going to be slapdash and which are going to be well-thought out and carefully planned? Bertrand. Sometimes you may know a little about it from the word of mouth. Sometime the same players or organization have done them before and you know from past experiences whether it's worthwhile to give a listen. The Blue Note has done many with McCoy and others that I wouldn't go to, for example. All of these factors can give you a idea if the program is going to be worthwhile, or if it's going to be a thrown together set of players picking tunes on stage, playing with little real energy. There's going to be a Dexter Gordon Tribute coming up soon. Dexter's widow and manager Maxine Gordon is fully involved, and the musical director is George Cables. Sounds good. Some more on the Dexter tribute. In honor of what would have been the 90th Birthday of the legendary bebop tenor saxophonist and Academy Award nominee Dexter Gordon, an all-star crew of musicians celebrates his legacy by performing some of his favorite tunes and original compositions. Pianist George Cables, who performed and recorded with Gordon extensively, and drummer Victor Lewis, another Dexter alum, anchor a group that includes Jerry Weldon, Walter Blanding, Jr., Joe Locke, Dezron Douglas, and Brandon Lee. Join Michael Mwenso, the late night host at Dizzy’s, for a special listening session of Dexter Gordon’s recordings on Tuesday, February 26 at 6pm. Michael Cuscuna, Gordon’s Columbia Records producer, and pianist George Cables join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlitweiler Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 By "heavy lifting", I was referring to inflicting enough stunnage and/or brain damage on Eric Alexander to get his time into Dexter's pocket. It was a joke, as the two men's time concepts differ radically. And later Dexter is a Time Zone unto itself. Yes he is. Now that you mention it, does any saxophonist who came after Gordon have a similar laid-back attack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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