Prestige

The Tower Of Power!

Dexter Gordon

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Recorded	1969
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7623
Released	1969
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 436889

The record

Tenor, piano, bass and drums: Dexter Gordon with Barry Harris at the piano, Buster Williams on bass and Albert Heath on drums, produced by Don Schlitten for Prestige in 1969. Ira Gitler dated his notes May 1969. Four tracks only, 'Montmartre' and 'The Rainbow People' among them, and Harris is the reason to stay through the whole side -- his comping leaves Gordon acres of room.

Tracks

Montmartre
The Rainbow People
Stanley The Steamer
Those Were The Days

Session personnel

Buster Williams — Bass
Albert Heath — Drums
Ira Gitler — Liner Notes [May 1969]
Morty Yoss — Photography By [Liner Photo]
Barry Harris (2) — Piano
Don Schlitten — Producer, Design, Photography By
Dexter Gordon — Tenor Saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 21 pressings on file.

1969	Prestige · PR 7623 — Vinyl LP Album earliest on file
2014	Prestige · UCCO-90278 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered OJC
1969	Prestige · PR 7623 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing
1987	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-299 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1987	Prestige · 27 493 LM — Vinyl, LP, Album
1987	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5299 — Cassette, Album
1993	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-299-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1993	Interfusion · D26772 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1993	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-299-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1993	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-299-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1997	Prestige · VICJ-60066 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1999	Prestige · VICJ-60445 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2006	Prestige · VICJ-41760 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
—	Prestige Bellaphon · BJS 40129 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress