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Stairway to the Stars

Dexter Gordon · 1963

Context

Standard by Malneck, Parish and Signorelli, penultimate track of Our Man in Paris (Blue Note, December 1963), recorded on 23 May 1963 at the CBS studios in Paris. Dexter Gordon plays there with Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke; the piece lasts 6 min 57.

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

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