Jazz Articles about Scott Asheton

Dexter Gordon & The Stooges: Raw Blow Power

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2025

Imagine a Detroit dive bar in 1969, where the feral howl of The Stooges collides with the towering tenor of Dexter Gordon in a haze of sweat, distortion, and cigarette smoke. Raw Blow Power, released on the FuzzTone rock label, is that feverish hallucination brought to life--a snarling, swinging beast of an album that fuses proto-punk savagery with hard bop finesse. The story goes that someone taped this lost session in a single booze-soaked night at the Grande ...