Dexter would have been 95 today.

[Gheorghe]

I´d like to state that the set list is also very interesting.

I think this was from his years in Europe. After he had settled in the States and had his own quartet, even a long show might not include so many tunes. I remember and see on live recordings, that tunes often lasted 15 - 20 minutes.....

As I remember, they had shorter or longer shows, and a longer set might start with a fast tune like a fast "It´s You Or No One", followed by a medium tempo like let´s say "Fried Bananas", followed by a ballad and the last tune might be a fast blues like "Backstage" or "Gingerbread Boy" with an extended drum solo, into the theme song LTD.

On shorter sets he would omit the medium tune. I often was quite astonished how he switched from an ultra rapid tempo to an extremly slow ballad. Here he reminds me of Bud Powell, who sometimes went from an ultra fast tune to an extremly slow ballad......

[Peter Friedman]

I don't recall any mention of the  following book?

Dexter Gordon : A Musical Biography by Stan Britt

It is available on Amazon.

[Gheorghe]

14 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

I don't recall any mention of the  following book?

Dexter Gordon : A Musical Biography by Stan Britt

It is available on Amazon.

I have that book , I purchased it years ago. Good reading, but a new book would be welcome (years ago it was announced that Dexters widow Maxine Gordon will publish a very personal book about his live, but until now there are no further evidences).....