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Personnel: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Sam Jones (bass); Roy Brooks (drums).
Recorded in New York, New York on August 27, 1970.
Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1996, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
JUMPIN' BLUES was recorded little more than a year after the stellar sessions that produced TOWER OF POWER and MORE POWER. But Gordon's artistic development occurred at such a whirlwind pace that this recording sounds worlds away from its aforementioned predecessors. The cast of characters had totally changed (Wynton Kelly makes one of the last recorded appearances of his life here), but moreover, Gordon is in more of a playfully, reflective mood. JUMPIN' BLUES is a little more relaxed, a little less breathlessly innovative than the earlier recordings of Gordon's Prestige phase. Gordon's masterful tenor is no less thrilling, though. Whether he's spinning out enchanting filligrees on the ballad "For Sentimental Reasons" or getting gritty and soulful on the title cut, Gordon's melodic journeys are never less than captivating.
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