Dexter Gordon Discography & Songs

Album

1955 Daddy Plays the Horn

• 1 Daddy Plays the Horn
• 2 Confirmation
• 3 Darn That Dream
• 4 Number Four
• 5 Autumn in New York
• 6 You Can Depend on Me

1961 Dexter Calling…

• 1 Soul Sister
• 2 Modal Mood
• 3 I Want More
• 4 End of a Love Affair
• 5 Clear the Dex
• 6 Ernie’s Tune
• 7 Smile

1961 Doin’ Allright

• 1 I Was Doing All Right
• 2 You've Changed
• 3 For Regulars Only
• 4 Society Red
• 5 It's You or No One

1962 A Swingin’ Affair

• 1 Soy Califa
• 2 Don't Explain
• 3 You Stepped Out of a Dream
• 4 The Backbone
• 5 (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along
• 6 McSplivens

1962 Go

• 1 Cheese Cake
• 2 I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
• 3 Second Balcony Jump
• 4 Love for Sale
• 5 Where Are You?
• 6 Three O’Clock in the Morning

1963 Our Man in Paris

• 1 Scrapple From the Apple
• 2 Willow Weep for Me
• 3 Broadway
• 4 Stairway to the Stars
• 5 A Night in Tunisia

1965 Gettin’ Around

• 1 Manha de Carnaval
• 2 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
• 3 Heartaches
• 4 Shiny Stockings
• 5 Everybody's Somebody's Fool
• 6 Le Coiffeur

1967 One Flight Up

• 1 Tanya
• 2 Coppin' the Haven
• 3 Darn That Dream

1967 Setting the Pace

• 1 Setting the Pace
• 2 Dexter's Deck

1969 A Day in Copenhagen

• 1 My Blues
• 2 You Don't Know What Love Is
• 3 A New Thing
• 4 What's New
• 5 The Shadow of Your Smile
• 6 A Day in Vienna

1969 More Power!

• 1 Lady Bird
• 2 Meditation
• 3 Fried Bananas
• 4 Boston Bernie
• 5 Sticky Wicket

1969 The Tower of Power!

• 1 Montmartre
• 2 The Rainbow People
• 3 Stanley the Steamer
• 4 Those Were the Days

1976 Long Tall Dexter

• 1 Blow Mr. Dexter
• 3 Dexter's Deck
• 4 Dexter's Cuttin' Out
• 5 Dexter's Minor Mad
• 6 Long Tall Dexter
• 8 Dexter Rides Again
• 9 I Can't Escape From You
• 11 Dexter Digs In
• 13 Settin' The Pace
• 14 So Easy
• 16 Dexter's Riff
• 18 Dexter's Mood
• 19 Dextrose
• 20 Index
• 21 Dextivity
• 22 Wee Dot
• 24 Lion Roars
• 26 After Hours Bop

1977 Jazz Undulation

• 1 Body And Soul
• 2 All The Things You Are
• 3 Blues Up And Down

1977 Sophisticated Giant

• 1 Laura
• 2 The Moontrane
• 3 Red Top
• 4 Fried Bananas
• 5 You're Blase
• 6 How Insensitive

1979 Clubhouse

• 1 Hanky Panky
• 2 I'm a Fool to Want You
• 3 Devilette
• 4 Clubhouse
• 5 Jodi
• 6 Lady Iris B.

1980 Landslide

• 1 Landslide
• 2 Love Locked Out
• 3 You Said It
• 4 Serenade in Blue
• 5 Blue Gardenia
• 6 Six Bits Jones
• 7 Second Balcony Jump

1981 Gotham City

• 1 Hi-Fly
• 2 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• 3 The Blues Walk (Loose Walk)
• 4 Gotham City

1982 American Classic

• 1 Jumpin' Blues
• 2 Besame Mucho
• 3 For Soul Sister
• 4 Sticky Wicket
• 5 Skylark
• 6 An Interview With Dexter Gordon

1988 True Blue

• 1 Lady Bird
• 2 How Deep Is the Ocean
• 3 On the Trail
• 4 Allen’s Alley
• 5 True Blue

1989 Come Rain or Come Shine

• 1 Doxy
• 2 Misty
• 3 For All We Know
• 4 But Not for Me
• 5 Come Rain or Come Shine
• 6 There Will Never Be Another You

1989 More Than You Know

• 1 Naima
• 2 Good Morning Sun
• 3 The Girl With the Purple Eyes
• 4 This Happy Madness
• 5 Ernie's Tune
• 6 Tivoli
• 7 More Than You Know

1990 Cheese Cake

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Cheese Cake
• 3 Manha de Carnaval
• 4 Second Balcony Jump

1990 King Neptune

• 1 Introduction
• 2 King Neptune
• 3 Satin Doll
• 4 Body and Soul
• 5 I Want to Blow Now

1991 Ballads

• 1 Darn That Dream
• 2 Don't Explain
• 3 I'm a Fool to Want You
• 4 Ernie's Tune
• 5 You've Changed
• 6 Willow Weep for Me
• 7 Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
• 8 Body and Soul

1991 The Tower of Power / More Power

• 1 Montmartre
• 2 The Rainbow People
• 3 Stanley the Steamer
• 4 Those Were the Days
• 5 Ladybird
• 6 Meditation
• 7 Fried Bananas
• 8 Boston Bernie
• 9 Sticky Wicket

1992 Jazz West Coast Live / Hollywood Jazz Vol.1

• 1 Announcement
• 2 Disorder at the Border
• 3 The Hunt

1992 The Panther!

• 1 The Panther
• 2 Body and Soul
• 3 Valse Robin
• 4 Mrs. Miniver
• 5 The Christmas Song
• 6 The Blues Walk

1994 Parliament Jazz: Lionel Hampton With Dexter Gordon

• 1 Cute
• 2 They Say That Falling In Love Is Wonderful
• 3 Lullaby of Birdland
• 4 I Should Care
• 5 Seven Come Eleven
• 6 Blues for Gates

1994 Cry Me a River

• 1 Introduction
• 2 I'll Remember April
• 3 The Thrill Is Gone
• 4 Cry Me a River
• 5 Suite

1996 Dexter Rides Again

• 1 Dexter's Riff
• 2 Settin' the Pace
• 3 So Easy
• 4 Long Tall Dexter
• 5 Dexter Rides Again
• 6 I Can't Escape From You
• 7 Dexter Digs In
• 8 Dexter's Minor Mad
• 9 Blow Mr. Dexter
• 10 Dexter's Deck
• 11 Dexters Cuttin' Out

1996 Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon Plays The Blues

• 1 Sticky Wicket
• 2 The Panther
• 3 Blue Monk
• 4 Lonesome Lover Blues
• 5 The Jumpin' Blues
• 6 Oh! Karen O
• 7 Gingerbread Boy

1996 The Jumpin' Blues

• 1 Evergreenish
• 2 For Sentimental Reasons
• 3 Star Eyes
• 4 Rhythm-A-Ning
• 5 If You Could See Me Now
• 6 The Jumpin' Blues

1997 The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon

• 1 Home Run
• 2 Dolo
• 3 Lovely Lisa
• 4 Affair in Havana
• 5 Jodi
• 6 Field Day

1997 Citizens Bop

• 1 The Rubaiyat
• 2 My Kinda Love
• 3 Citizens Bop
• 4 One For Prez
• 5 Jingle Jangle Jump
• 6 Dell's Bells
• 7 I Hear You Knockin'
• 8 The Man I Love
• 9 Easy Swing
• 10 Man With A Horn
• 11 Blue Lou
• 12 The Rubaiyat (Alt. Take)

1997 Tenor Titans

• 1 Stickey Wicket
• 2 Do Nothing Till You Here From Me
• 3 Our Love Is Here To Stay
• 4 Medley
• 5 Perdido
• 6 In A Mellow Tone
• 7 C-Jam Blues

1998 Generation

• 1 Milestones (first version)
• 2 Scared to Be Alone
• 3 We See
• 4 The Group
• 5 Milestones (alternate)

2000 Some Other Spring: Blues and Ballads

• 1 Some Other Spring
• 2 Blue Monk
• 3 How Insensitive
• 4 Blues Eyes
• 5 Jelly Jelly
• 6 I Wish I Knew
• 7 Everybody's Somebody's Fool
• 8 Shiny Stockings
• 9 Ode to Billy Joe
• 10 Some Other Spring (alternate)
• 11 Blue Monk (alternate)
• 12 Shiny Stockings (alternate)

2000 Tangerine

• 1 Tangerine
• 2 August Blues
• 3 What It Was
• 4 Days of Wine and Roses
• 5 The Group

2002 The Rainbow People

• 1 The Rainbow People
• 2 I Can't Get Started
• 3 C Jam Blues
• 4 Montmartre

2004 Misty

• 1 Take the 'A' Train
• 2 Shiny Stockings
• 3 Misty
• 4 Cheese Cake

2005 The Chase and the Steeplechase

• 1 The Chase
• 2 The Steeplechase
• 3 Milt to the Hilt
• 4 Homecoming
• 5 Swootie Patootie
• 6 Sweet Lorraine
• 7 Goodbye

2005 Ladybird

• 1 Lady Bird
• 2 So What
• 3 Who Can I Turn To
• 4 Blues by Five

2007 Ca' Purange

• 1 Ca' Purange
• 2 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
• 3 Oh! Karen O
• 4 Airegin
• 5 Airegin (Alternate)

2009 The Real Thing Happened to Me

• 1 Ain’t Misbehavin’
• 2 Keep On Jumpin’
• 3 King Porter Stomp
• 4 Stompin’ at the Savoy
• 5 Perdido
• 6 If That’s the Way You Feel
• 7 I Want to Talk About You
• 8 Blowing the Blues Away
• 9 Opus X
• 10 The Real Thing Happened to Me
• 11 Groovin’ High
• 12 Blue ’n’ Boogie
• 13 Lonesome Lover Blues
• 14 I Love the Rhythm in a Riff
• 15 Last Night
• 16 Honeysuckle Rose

2011 Dexter Blows

• 1 Silver Plater
• 2 Cry Me a River
• 3 Rhythm Mad
• 4 Don't Worry About Me
• 5 I Hear Music
• 6 Bonna Rue
• 7 I Should Care
• 8 Blowin' for Dootsie
• 9 Tenderly
• 1 Home Run
• 2 Dolo
• 3 Lovely Lisa
• 4 Affair in Havana
• 5 Jodi
• 6 Field Day

2012 Night Ballads Montreal 1977

• 1 Spoken Intro
• 2 Lover Man
• 3 You've Changed
• 4 Old Folks
• 5 Polka Dots And Moonbeams
• 6 Ltd

   --   Dexter Gordon on Dial - The Complete Sessions

• 1 Mischievous Lady
• 3 Lullaby in Rhythm
• 5 The Chase (False Start)
• 6 The Chase
• 7 Chromatic Abberation
• 9 It's the Talk of the Town
• 11 Blues Bikini
• 12 Ghost of a Chance
• 14 Sweet and Lovely
• 16 Horning In
• 17 The Duel
• 18 Blues in Teddy's Flat

   --   Dextivity

• 1 Groovin' High
• 2 Blow, Mr.Dexter
• 3 Dexter's Cuttin' Out
• 4 Dexter's Minor Mad
• 5 Long Tall Dexter
• 6 Dexter Rides Again
• 7 Dexter Digs In
• 8 It's the Talk of the Town
• 9 Ghost of a Chance
• 10 Sweet and Lovely
• 11 The Duel Pt. 1 & 2
• 12 Dexter's Riff
• 13 Dexter's Mood
• 14 Index
• 15 Dextivity
• 16 The Chase
• 17 Autumn in New York

   --   For All We Know

• 1 For All We Know
• 2 But Not for Me
• 3 Doxy
• 4 Come Rain or Come Shine
• 5 There Will Never Be Another You