Dexter Gordon – One Flight Up (VG+/E)

One Flight Up is an LP by Dexter Gordon from 2021 released on the Blue Note label.

About this album

One Flight Up is a standout late-period Dexter Gordon album, balancing hard bop muscle with the relaxed authority that made him such a distinctive tenor voice. Recorded in Paris in 1965, it finds Gordon in great form alongside pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Art Taylor, stretching out on the 13-minute opener Tanya and the poignant ballad Darn That Dream. The album’s easy swing, lyrical depth and international line-up helped confirm Gordon’s reputation as one of jazz’s great storytellers, and a major figure in the 1960s European recording scene.

Genre: Jazz