Dexter Gordon – Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (1977)

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Columbia – PG 34650Rec. Dates : December 11 & 12, 1976Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Dexter GordonBass : Stafford JamesDrums : Louis HayesFluegelhorn : Woody ShawPiano : Ronnie MathewsTrumpet : Woody Shaw   Cashbox : 04/23/1977 This double album, done live at the Village Vanguard, accurately captures the excitement of Dexter‘s visit last fall. Eight stretched–out titles with good Dexter,…

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Don Cherry – Brown Rice (1977)

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Horizon SP-717Rec. Dates : Two sessions in Spring 1975Stream this Album Cornet : Don CherryBass : Charlie Haden, Hakim JamilBongos : Bunchie FoxDrums : Billy HigginsPiano / Electric Piano : Ricky Cherry, Don CherryTamboura : Moki CherryTenor Sax : Frank LoweVocals : Verna Gills, Don Cherry Billboard : 02/12/1977 Eclectic trumpeter Cherry combines Eastern and Western musical elements in a very unusual and uncanny program. The…

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