Settin the Pace [Import] [Original recording remastered]

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Digitally remastered using 20 bit K2 technology, this is a Japanese reissue of a classic album this jazz great cut for the Prestige label in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only & with the original cover art intact.1999 release. 4 tracks.

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Average customer rating: The emergence of bop tenor An essential collection of the first great bop tenor player

Settin' the Pace Dexter Gordon Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: The Bebop Years Big Ben The Wardell Gray Story The Lester Young Story Sound ASIN: B000058A08 Release Date: 2001-01-22

Tracks:

1. I've Found A New Baby
2. Rosetta
3. Sweet Lorraine
4. Blowed And Gone
5. Blowing The Blues Away
6. Groovin' High
7. Blue 'N' Boogie
8. Lonesome Lover Blues
9. Last Night
10. Honeysuckle Rose
11. Takin' Off
12. If I Had You
13. The Street Beat
14. Blow Mr. Dexter
15. Dexter's Deck
16. Dexter's Cuttin' Out
17. Dexter's Minor Mad
18. Looking For A Boy

Tracks:

1. Long Tall Dexter
2. Dexter Rides Again
3. I Can't Escape From You
4. Dexter Digs In
5. Jump Call
6. Mischievous Lady
7. Lullaby In Rhythm
8. The Chase
9. Chromatic Aberration
10. It's The Talk Of The Town
11. Blues Bikini
12. The Hunt
13. Byas A Drink

Tracks:

1. Disorder At The Border
2. Cherokee
3. After Hours Bop
4. I'll Follow You
5. Bop
6. Ghost Of A Chance
7. Sweet And Lovely

Tracks:

1. Hornin' In
2. The Duel
3. Settin' The Pace
4. So Easy
5. Dexter's Riff
6. Wee Dot
7. Lion Roars
8. Dexter's Mood
9. Dextrose
10. Index
11. Dextivity
12. Sid's Delight
13. Move
14. Ain't Gonna Quit You Baby
15. Helen's Advice
16. Knockin' Myself
17. Airplane Blues

Album Description

55 tracks from 1943 to 1950...mostly be-bop with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Sonny Criss and more. Includes 44 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases with individual artwork, housed together in a deluxe slipcase.

Album Details

Over Four Hours of Music on Four CDs (55 Tracks) plus a 44-Page Fully Illustrated Booklet. The 55 Tracks Here Span the Period 1943-1950 & Feature the Immense Talents of Dexter Himself as Well as Such Luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Sonny Criss & Barney Kessel. The 44 Pages in the Booklet Are Crammed with Rare Photos, Track Information & the Story of One of the True Giants of Jazz.

Customer Reviews:

The emergence of bop tenor.......2004-01-23

The kings of bop were Dizzy and Bird - on trumpet and alto, and there were Bud Powell, Monk, Kenny Clarke and Max Roach on piano and drums. It may be true that the tenor sax is just not suitable for bebop, just as the soprano sax is certainly not - but for other reasons. The tenor sound is just too big for the fast flurry of arpeggio notes, that is part of bop playing.
Dexter Gordon was one tenor player who managed to excell playing bebop without loosing any of the sound qualities of his instrument. His deep and elastic sound was part of the great tenor tradition, yet perfectly modern. I am convinced that the evolution of Sonny Rolling, Joe Henderson and John Coltrane, could not have been what it was without the influence of Dexter's sound.
It is interesting to compare Gordon with the great Wardell Gray, who is co featured on many tracks - especially the third cd. Gray's harmonic ideas were modern - but rhythmically he was part of the older tradition.

These recordings, spanning an era between 1943 and 1950, are crucial to the development of bop tenor saxophone playing. They contain exciting live jam session recordings as well as studio recording, and great playing from all musicians involved - Fats Navarro, Gray, Teddy Edwards, Howard Mcgee, Leo parker, and of course Dexter Gordon himself. I recommend the four CD package to anyone interested in the tenor sax and in bebop.

An essential collection of the first great bop tenor player.......2002-06-22

As I parse through this collection I am amazed that Proper was able to compile such a complete collection surveying the early years of Dexter Gordon. It's all here, the historic Savoy sides that Dexter led between 1945 through 1947 which include a stellar cast of sidemen such as Bud Powell, Max Roach, Fats Navarro and Leo Parker. There is also the historic Dial sides w/ Wardell Gray and Teddy Edwards that produced tracks like "The Chase" (w/ Gray), and "The Duel" (w/ Edwards). A set containing the Savoy and Dial sides would be fantastic on it's own but Proper has also included a number of other tracks of Dexter featured with the Billy Eckstine Band, Dizzy Gillespie's Sextet, Red Norvo, and Benny Carter's band. Also included is the historic 9/4/45 date led by Sir Charles Thompson for the Apollo label that also featured Charlie Parker! And if that wasn't enough there are 5 lenghty tracks recorded on 7/6/47 at the Elk's Auditorium in Los Angeles and billed as the "Hollywood Jazz Concert". These tracks include Howard McGhee, Trummy Young, Sonny Criss, Wardell Gray, Hampton Hawes, and Barney Kessel and although the sound is not superb on the live tracks, the performances are excellent and give the listener an inside look at what the Central Avenue scene must have been like in the mid to late 1940s.

All in all this collection is an excellent compilation of one of the true greats of modern jazz.

Average customer rating: OUT AND UP TO THE STARS............ One of my personal favourites...and the sound... Unfairly obscure accessible Coltrane disc... Spreading his wings pretty darn good..

Settin' the Pace John Coltrane Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Standard Coltrane Black Pearls The Last Trane Cattin' With Coltrane And Quinichette Dakar ASIN: B000000Y4S Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. I See Your Face Before Me
2. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
3. Little Melonae
4. Rise 'N' Shine

Customer Reviews:

OUT AND UP TO THE STARS...................2006-10-22

JAZZ CRITICS BACK IN THE FIFTIES AND EVEN NOW CERTAINLY HAVEN'T "SET THE PACE" BY FAILING TO RECOGNIZE THIS ALBUM, BUT PARTICULARLY COLTRANE'S EXTENDED IMPROVISATION ON "IF THERE IS SOMEONE LOVLIER THAN YOU" AS ONE OF THE GREATEST JAZZ SOLOS OF ALL TIME - ON TENOR OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT FOR THAT MATTER. COLTRANE SOUNDS AS IF HE IS SIX A HUNDRED FOOT TALL GIANT PLAYING AN ENORMOUS MARK VI - BLOWING OUT A SHIMMERING, GLITTERING
AVALANCHE OF SOUND OUT AND UP TO THE STARS. LYRICALLY, THIS IS A MASTERWORK OF COLTRANE'S USE OF MELODIC FRAGMENTS FOR AN UNEQUALLED DISPLAY OF INTERWOVEN THEMATIC TEXTURES INTERPOSED WITH HIS VOLCANIC "SHEETS OF SOUND". THIS PIECE DEMANDS A THOUSAND LISTENING SESSIONS - ONCE YOU'RE HOOKED EACH ONE WILL BE A MAGNIFICENT ROLLER COASTER RIDE - WHERE EACH TIME YOU WILL PASS THRU SOME NEW PATHWAY UP AN OVER - DOWN AND THRU THE MOST INTENSE AND BEAUTFUL MUSICAL STORM YOU ARE LIKELY EVER TO HEAR - SURPRISED NONE OF THE SO CALLED CRITICS HAVE BEEN ON THIS RIDE.

One of my personal favourites...and the sound..........2003-10-15

This time, I get to follow Mr. Adams and to say that I may like this a little better than he does! I totally agree that this is an underrated, relatively too-obscure, and completely accessible Coltrane recording. Coltrane with Red Garland's trio is nearly perfect. And the recording is SO good, it sounds like it was already re-mastered. That's Rudy Van Gelder. Something about Red Garland and the rhythmic setting (even when another horn is present) seems to bring out the best in Trane, to my ear: always romantic, accessible, and sharp - never too far out there. Yes, this is a pivotal year for Trane - 1958 - but there is no restlessness on this one. For those who are discerning Trane lovers, this one is right on the money. His next recording - "Standard Coltrane" - is also 5 star.

Unfairly obscure accessible Coltrane disc..........2003-05-05

"Settin'" was recorded on a single day in March of 1958 at the now famous Rudy Van Gelder studio in New Jersey. For some reason, Prestige apparently did not release this on vinyl until 1962. Perhaps that's why this title seems so little known in the Coltrane catalogue. The four songs here take 41 minutes to unfold, and all of them are enjoyable. Like his "Soultrane" and "Lush Life" releases, from the same era, the saxophone genius was mostly doing standards written by others, and being creative with his horn while not detouring into dissonance or the avant-garde mode which was to come six or seven years down the road. If, like me, you like this tamer Coltrane, don't hestitate to invest in this CD if you can afford it. It starts off with a nearly 10-minute version of the slow lovelorn lament "I See Your Face Before Me." That song got some attention in that era because Sinatra included it in his legendary album of 1955, "In the Wee Small Hours". Earlier this week I played Frank's vocal a couple of times, then Coltrane's instrumental. Both are high art. One wishes John and Frank could have been paired for at least one record the way Coltrane and Johnny Hartman were a few years after "Settin' the Pace" came out. Really, friends, the whole CD is nice and worth owning. Not a landmark like "Giant Steps" which is total excitement, but I rate this romantic release a little better than "Lush Life" and a tiny bit below "Soultrane." Red Garland and Paul Chambers and Art Taylor each have nice moments with piano, bass and drums here as well.

Spreading his wings.......2000-08-26

This release captures Trane during a key year of development, 1958. Like the great release of the same year, "Soultrane," "Settin' the Pace," shows how far his playing had come during three years of work with Miles Davis, and it probably deserves an extra half star above 4. While it is not quite as impressive as the 5-star "Soultrane," it still provides plenty of self-assured and passionate playing from one of our greatest artists.

Trane's unswerving command of his instrument is demonstrated most effectively on Jackie McLean's Monkish "Little Melonae." The 14-minute ride is kicked off by a fine piano solo from Red Garland, and then Trane takes off on one of his incredible "sheets of sound" improvisations, spurred on not only by Garland's comping but by the muscular bass of Paul Chambers. Terrific performance.

The mellower side of Coltrane is also in good supply, particularly on "I See Your Face Before Me." Trane treats this gentle ballad with respect, producing a lovely sound while he carefully lays out each note with clarity. It's romantic music for grownups: full of genuine emotion and meticulous attention to a beautiful melody. Red Garland's patented block chording adds to the beauty of the performance.

Coltrane's Prestige discography is large, and some of the recordings are much better than others. If you are adding his Prestige stuff to your collection, "Settin' the Pace" should be one of the first choices.

pretty darn good.........1999-10-12

i found this album lying in the bargain bin at a music store and thought i'd give it a try (hey, even bad coltrane is interesting).. to my surprise, it wasn't bad at all. chambers (b) and taylor (d) are real sold (chambers in particular - he's laying down grooves as fat and even here as he was on 'Kind of Blue'), red garland on piano isn't that exciting but his sprinkly, syncopated chording complements coltrane well, and coltrane is really cookin'.. moving between lyrical flow to crazy bop stuff, and all accessible - unlike some of his later stuff, you don't have to be at all into free jazz to enjoy this disc. all the players work well together, solo well.. it's a real treat.

Average customer rating: your most revolutionary music comes young A Great Dexter Gordon CD!

Settin' the Pace Dexter Gordon Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Goin' to Minton's Odyssey: 1945-1952 Speak No Evil The Complete Blue Note & Pacific Jazz Recordings Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster ASIN: B00000DC2N Release Date: 1999-10-05

Tracks:

1. Blow Mr. Dexter
2. Dexter's Deck
3. Dexter's Cuttin' Out
4. Dexter's MInor Mad
5. Long Tall Dexter (Alternate)
6. Long Tall Dexter (Original Issue)
7. Dexter Rides Again
8. I Can't Escape From You (Alternate)
9. I Can't Escape From You (Original Issue)
10. Dexter Digs In (Alternate)
11. Dexter Digs In (Original Issue)
12. Dexter Digs In (Previously Unissued)
13. Settin' The Pace (Part 1 And 2)
14. So Easy
15. Dexter's Riff
16. Dexter's Mood (Previously Unissued)
17. Dexter's Mood (Original Issue)
18. Dextrose (Previously Unissued)
19. Dextrose (Original Issue)
20. Index (Previously Unissued)
21. Index (Original Issue)
22. Dextivity (Previously Unissued)
23. Dextivity (Original Issue)

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This CD gathers all of Dexter Gordon's recordings as a leader for Savoy, with one session each from 1945 and 1946 and two from December 1947. Gordon had already worked in the bands of Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, and Billy Eckstine, and he was among the very first players to adapt the innovations of Charlie Parker to the tenor saxophone, creating his own voice out of an amalgam of Parker and Lester Young. Gordon's sound was already his own, a harder-edged tenor sound with very little vibrato, and there's evidence as well of the striking harmonic imagination that would later influence John Coltrane. Ballads like "I Can't Escape from You" and "Dexter's Mood" show Gordon's romantic side, but it's the bop tunes that most clearly chart his rapid evolution.

Two of bop's most brilliant--and doomed--players make substantial appearances here. Pianist Bud Powell is present on the eight takes from 1946, adding Tatum-esque filigree to the ballad and driving, incandescent play to the other tracks, prodding, testing, and usually exceeding the horns. Trumpeter Fats Navarro appears on the final session, along with composer-pianist Tadd Dameron, and it's once again apparent that he was Dizzy Gillespie's only serious rival among bop trumpeters.

Whether it's the presence of a working band or growing maturity, Gordon is at his best on "Index" and "Dextivity," with a relaxed drive and full command of his substantial ideas. While most of the tracks are around three minutes--the compressed jolts of bop energy dictated by the limited playing time of the 78--"Settin' the Pace," originally divided over two sides, is nearly six minutes. It's a saxophone chase with baritonist Leo Parker, in the same vein that Gordon explored to great acclaim with Wardell Grey. The wealth of alternates includes several issued for the first time, among them tracks with Powell and Navarro. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

your most revolutionary music comes young.......2003-08-03

dexter had his share of problems -- drug arrests kept him out of circulation for 10 years, and he was celebrated for his comeback and his role in "'round midnight." but if you want his young, unvarnished, revolutionary sound, this is the place to go. young dexter is working through the fast, fresh changes of bebop on the tenor saxophone, at a pace that no one thought a horn deeper than an alto could handle. "long tall dexter" is a remake of charlie parker's "now's the time;" "i can't escape from you," is an uncommonly mature treatment of a ballad; "dexter digs in" -- all three takes -- is full of restless energy and power. for dexter, this is his armstrong's "hot fives," monk's blue note; bird's savoy and dial. it doesn't get 5 stars because i'm a tough grader.

A Great Dexter Gordon CD!.......2001-03-01

Over 70 minutes of finely recorded bop and blues by tenorist extraordinaire Dexter Gordon. His full beautiful tone is both relaxing and exhilarating. These recordings are from 3 dates for Savoy in 1945-1947. (The CD notes that this is not a thorough collection of EVERY track cut for Savoy, alternative takes from two sessions are not included. Only Dexter "completists" should be concerned.)

Of the 23 selections, 11 include either Max Roach or Art Blakey on drums. Fats Navarro brings his wonderfully rounded sound to six cuts recorded in 1947, and Tadd Dameron plays piano on eleven. What's surprising, however, is not the great playing of the jazz legends here, but the work of not as celebrated musicians such as Leo Parker on baritone sax and Sadik Hakim on piano. This is great bop playing which will get you moving!

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Settin' the Pace John Coltrane Manufacturer: Jvc / Xrcd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000066APR Release Date: 1998-09-01

Tracks:

1. I See Your Face Before Me
2. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
3. Little Melonae
4. Rise 'N' Shine

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Settin' the Pace George Gee Big Band Manufacturer: Gjazz Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Swingin' Away Swingin' At Swing City Zurich High Altitude Swing Whispering Grass Swingin' Live ASIN: B0002WZTM0 Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Out Of Nowhere
2. Settin' The Pace
3. Lover Come Back To Me
4. In A Sentimental Mood
5. Mambo Inn
6. Ready Now That You Are GG
7. Bassinyo' Face
8. The Very Thought Of You
9. When Your Lover Has Gone
10. Autumn Leaves
11. I Don't Want To Learn To Sing The Blues
12. Scrapple From The Apple

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Settin' the Pace ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000NO29BQ Release Date: 2007-04-17

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Settin' The Pace [Extended Resolution] John Coltrane Manufacturer: Prestige/OJC ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000AG89 Release Date: 1991-12-30

Tracks:

1. I See Your Face Before Me
2. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
3. Little Melonae
4. Rise 'N' Shine

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Settin' the Pace John Coltrane Manufacturer: Jvc Victor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000FZDN2C Release Date: 2006-08-07

Tracks:

1. I See Your Face Before Me
2. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
3. Little Melonae
4. Rise 'N' Shine

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

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Settin' the Pace ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AMZ148 Release Date: 2005-09-27

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Settin' the Pace Dexter Gordon Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A2PMJW Release Date: 2001-01-22

Tracks:

1. I've Found A New Baby
2. Rosetta
3. Sweet Lorraine
4. Blowed And Gone
5. Blowing The Blues Away
6. Groovin' High
7. Blue 'N' Boogie
8. Lonesome Lover Blues
9. Last Night
10. Honeysuckle Rose
11. Takin' Off
12. If I Had You
13. The Street Beat
14. Blow Mr. Dexter
15. Dexter's Deck
16. Dexter's Cuttin' Out
17. Dexter's Minor Mad
18. Looking For A Boy

Tracks:

1. Long Tall Dexter
2. Dexter Rides Again
3. I Can't Escape From You
4. Dexter Digs In
5. Jump Call
6. Mischievous Lady
7. Lullaby In Rhythm
8. The Chase
9. Chromatic Aberration
10. It's The Talk Of The Town
11. Blues Bikini
12. The Hunt
13. Byas A Drink

Tracks:

1. Disorder At The Border
2. Cherokee
3. After Hours Bop
4. I'll Follow You
5. Bop
6. Ghost Of A Chance
7. Sweet And Lovely

Tracks:

1. Hornin' In
2. The Duel
3. Settin' The Pace
4. So Easy
5. Dexter's Riff
6. Wee Dot
7. Lion Roars
8. Dexter's Mood
9. Dextrose
10. Index
11. Dextivity
12. Sid's Delight
13. Move
14. Ain't Gonna Quit You Baby
15. Helen's Advice
16. Knockin' Myself
17. Airplane Blues

Album Description

55 tracks from 1943 to 1950...mostly be-bop with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Sonny Criss and more. Includes 44 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases with individual artwork, housed together in adeluxe slipcase.

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