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Sax Gordon: In the Wee Small Hours

Read "In the Wee Small Hours" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Le esibizioni spettacolari da honker anni '40 lo hanno reso famoso al pubblico del blues ma gli amanti del jazz hanno gusti raffinati e non gli prestano molta attenzione. In questo disco, inciso in Italia con Alberto Marsico e Alessandro Minetto, Sax Gordon si mostra però ligio alla tradizione jazzistica del tenore, ampliando il suo campo d'azione. Il sassofonista di Detroit ripropone infatti la formula dell'organ trio con sax, variante di quella con chitarra, resa famosa da Stanley ...

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Sax Gordon: You Knock Me Out

Read "You Knock Me Out" reviewed by Ed Kopp


In post-World War II America, two new strains of jazz competed for the public's attention: the bop of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and the honking jump-blues made famous by saxophonists Red Prysock and Big Jay McNeely, among others. The latter style nearly died out with the advent of rock 'n roll, but a succession of maverick saxmen and a few avid record collectors kept the flame burning. Sax Gordon is one of the best saxophone wailers to come along ...

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Sax Gordon: Have Horn Will Travel

Read "Have Horn Will Travel" reviewed by Ed Kopp


Sax Gordon appropriately fuses blues and jazz on Have Horn Will Travel, his terrific debut release for the newly renamed Bullseye Blues and Jazz label. This is an ultra-fine release from a talented saxman with a great sense of humor and an even better sense of swing.

The 32-year-old Gordon, aka Gordon Beadle, honed his powerful tenor-sax sound while playing with Duke Robillard, Champion Jack Dupree, Charles Brown, Ron Levy and Roomful of Blues. On Have Horn Will Travel, the ...

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Sax Gordon: Have Horn Will Travel

Read "Have Horn Will Travel" reviewed by Ed Kopp


Sax Gordon appropriately fuses blues and jazz on Have Horn Will Travel, his terrific debut release for the newly renamed Bullseye Blues and Jazz label. This is an ultra-fine release from a talented saxman with a great sense of humor and an even better sense of swing.

The 32-year-old Gordon, aka Gordon Beadle, honed his powerful tenor-sax sound while playing with Duke Robillard, Champion Jack Dupree, Charles Brown, Ron Levy and Roomful of Blues. On Have Horn Will Travel, the ...

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In the Wee Small Hours

Delmark Records
2015

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Showtime!

EGREM
2012

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You Knock Me Out

Bullseye Records
2000

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Have Horn Will Travel

Bullseye Records
1999

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Have Horn Will Travel

Bullseye Records
1998

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