Broadway

Dexter Gordon · 1963

Context

Track 3 of Our Man in Paris, a Dexter Gordon album recorded in Paris on 23 May 1963 and released in December 1963 on Blue Note. Gordon plays with Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke; standards were chosen in rehearsal because Powell did not want to play new compositions. Duration: 6:44.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Willow Weep for Me (1963)
• Stairway to the Stars (1963)
• Cheese Cake (1962)
• Love for Sale (1962)
• I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (1962)
• Second Balcony Jump (1962)

Sources

• EN: Our Man in Paris

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