Customer Reviews
One of Dexter's best - By: , 25 Jun 2004 
This is a cracking album & I totally agree with the other reviewer as this is a disc that is frequentlyin my CD player.
Although my preference would be for the other Blue Note recordedin Paris with Kenny Clarke & Bud Powell, this is a hugely enjoyable set, Dexter playing with his customary wry sense of humour & backed by a hard-hitting rythmn section. Like many other discs of the era on the Blue Note label, the recording quality is good & the standard of material is very high. No duff tracks on this one.
Dexter's style of playing with his huge, impressive tone was unique - owing something to the more Romantic players of the generation of Coleman Hawkins but taking on the harmonies & rythmns of Be-bop. This is a good introduction to one of the kings of the tenor including barn-storming swingers, a latin treatment of "Love for sale" & a couple of exceptionally well crafted ballads. Recommended.
Dexter Gordons tone and 'behind the beat' timing is unique! - By: , 09 Aug 2001 This is Dexter Gordon at his finest. As one of the most prolific sax players off his time, this album is a showcase for his talent to play & embellish on the most simple melodic lines. As a sax player myself, the album influenced me massively, his tone & 'behind the beat' timing is unique. This version of 'Cheesecake' is perhaps his best recording, with his repetition & variation you can't help but get taken into his own world of sound. This is the first album of his that I bought & I have subsequently nearly completed my collection of Dexter Gordon - I need not say more, except buy it & you will understand what I felt when first hearing it.
