Dexter Gordon
Decided to augment my Blue Note jazz collection with a few more albums. Financial strictures mean I can’t get these as individual albums, which would’ve been nice.
Instead I’m getting two boxed sets that comprise reasonable collections – 15 albums by two artists – at affordable prices. The Dex’ set includes the following: Resurgence, Doin’ Alright, Dexter Calling, Landslide, Go, Swingin’ Affair, Our Man in Paris, One Flight Up.
Resurgence is actually a Jazzland release, not Blue Note. And Landslide, whilst recorded in the ‘60s, and released on Blue Note, wasn’t released until 1980.
Freddie Hubbard
The Freddie Hubbard set contains Open Sesame, Goin’ Up, Hub Cap, Ready for Freddie, Hub Tones, Here to Stay and Breaking Point.
Whilst the Dexter set is a complete survey of Gordon’s 1960s Blue Note output, the Freddie set omits a few: Blue Spirits and The Night of The Cookers, in particular.
