Gettin' Around - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon recorded the album for Blue Note in 1965, but the label did not release it until 1966. Such delays were not unusual when Blue Note had multiple completed sessions awaiting space in its schedule.

Hutcherson's vibraphone gives the session a lighter, more spacious color than Gordon's usual piano-led quartets. He shares the melodic foreground with Gordon's tenor saxophone on pieces including "Manha de Carnaval."

Yes. Gordon interprets Luiz Bonfa's "Manha de Carnaval," associated with the film Black Orpheus, alongside standards and jazz compositions.

Go! is a key companion, featuring Gordon in a direct quartet setting with pianist Sonny Clark. Our Man in Paris instead documents his expatriate period with Bud Powell and Kenny Clarke.