description Tangerine – Dexter Gordon Overview
Released in 1966, *Tangerine* is a seminal hard bop album featuring Dexter Gordon’s tenor saxophone and a quintet including Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, John Garrison, and Bill Sikes, notable for its smoky atmosphere and improvisational brilliance.
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Was Dexter Gordon's Tangerine recorded in 1966?
No. Its principal sessions took place at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey in June 1972, and Prestige first issued the album in the mid-1970s.
Who plays trumpet on Tangerine?
Thad Jones plays trumpet and flugelhorn on the title track, "August Blues," and "What It Was." Freddie Hubbard appears only on "The Group," which some editions add from a related session.
Why does the personnel change on Days of Wine and Roses?
That track comes from a separate June 1972 session. It uses Cedar Walton, Buster Williams, and Billy Higgins instead of Hank Jones, Stanley Clarke, and Louis Hayes.
What other Dexter Gordon albums share material or sessions with Tangerine?
The 1972 New Jersey recordings also fed Prestige albums such as Ca'Purange and Generation. Checking edition-specific credits is important because later reissues may add "The Group."
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