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Homecoming - Live At The Village Vanguard

Dexter Gordon

Recorded	Dec 11-12, 1976
Label	Columbia
Released	1976
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 168319

The record

Back on American soil after years abroad, Gordon shares the front line with Woody Shaw's trumpet across this double-LP Vanguard date, Hayes and Mathews driving a band stretching out live rather than clocking studio time.

Session personnel

Stafford James — bass
Louis Hayes — drums
Woody Shaw — featuring, trumpet, flugelhorn [fluegelhorn]
Ronnie Mathews — piano
Dexter Gordon — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 23 pressings on file.

1977	Columbia · PG 34650 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing earliest on file · gatefold
1977	Columbia — STEREO
1977	CBS · CBS 88232 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1977	Columbia · PG 34650 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1977	Columbia · PG 34650 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1977	CBS · 88682 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1977	CBS · S2BP 220194 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1977	CBS/Sony · 40AP 578~9 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1977	Columbia · GA 34652 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo
1977	Columbia · GAX 34650 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Promo, Stereo
1986	CBS · CBS 88682 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1990	Columbia · C2K 46824 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1990	Columbia · C2T 46824 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1990	CBS · CBS 466441 2 — CD, Album, Reissue